Earth — Our Shared Home · Class 5 The World Around Us
Practise 10 short and long answer questions on Core Concepts and Application from Earth — Our Shared Home. Try writing your own answer first, then tap the question to compare it with the model answer and read the explanation behind it.
Earth is home to all people and other living things. The chapter explains that nature, trade, travel and shared care connect life across the planet.
The chapter’s central idea is that Earth is a connected home for humanity and nature.
He said Earth looks like one whole, with no visible borders, states or countries, and that all humanity shares it as one home.
The chapter quotes his reflection on seeing Earth from outside.
DIGIPIN is described as a digital version of an address that gives every small place in India a special 10-character digital code.
The chapter explains that the code can help people such as delivery workers or ambulance staff find places faster.
They travel from southern Russia, Mongolia and nearby countries to India. They eat locusts and grasshoppers, which are pests on crops.
The chapter’s story about travelling birds describes their migration and benefit to farmers.
Air, water, clouds, seeds and animals can move across places without following human-made borders. The chapter uses this idea to show that natural systems connect different parts of Earth.
The chapter explains that natural elements move freely across the world.
Food, clothes and toys may come from different places. People also share ideas, music, stories and inventions through trade, travel and other connections.
These examples are given in the chapter’s discussion of global connections.
When they visit India in winter, they eat locusts and grasshoppers that harm crops. Their journey therefore connects regions and also helps farmers in the places where they feed.
The chapter explains both the birds’ migration and their role in eating crop pests.
From far above, national and state borders are not visible. This view can remind people that the planet is one home shared by humanity and that natural systems connect places.
The chapter opens with an astronaut’s reflection on Earth appearing as one whole.
I have travelled a long distance from southern Russia or Mongolia towards India for the winter. I seek warmer weather and food. As I feed on locusts and grasshoppers, I also help farmers by eating pests that damage crops.
This imaginative response uses the migration and feeding details provided in the chapter.
People can remember that their choices affect others because air, water, animals and other natural systems cross borders. They can care for shared resources, respect different communities and reduce harm to the environment. Cooperation helps protect the planet that everyone depends on.
The chapter connects Earth’s shared nature with care, respect and the links between people and the planet.