Chapter 11
EVS (Environmental Studies) Class 5
64 of 64 questions
64
Total Questions
22
Easy
33
Medium
9
Hard
Q1
easyEarth's Shape
What shape does the Earth have?
Q2
easyGravity
Why don't we fall off the Earth if it is round?
Q3
easyChapter Characters
Who visited the school as described in the chapter?
Q4
mediumSpace Mission
How far above the Earth did Sunita Williams travel in her spaceship?
Q5
mediumLiving in Space
In space, why does water float around as blobs?
Q6
mediumLiving in Space
How did astronauts keep their papers from floating away in the spaceship?
Q7
mediumExperiments
Which experiment shows that heavy and light objects fall at the same rate?
Q8
mediumExperiments
In Magic 1, what was placed on the coin before dropping?
Q9
hardExperiments
In Magic 2, which object appears to lift the elephant?
Q10
easyLiving in Space
What happened to the astronauts' hair in space?
Q11
mediumLiving in Space
Which activity became challenging because astronauts could not walk?
Q12
mediumLiving in Space
During the spaceship dining, how did the astronauts eat?
Q13
easyBiography
What did Sunita Williams say she wanted to become in the future?
Q14
mediumChapter Details
Which date did Sunita Williams ‘take off' on her mission according to the photographs?
Q15
mediumChapter Details
On which date did Sunita photograph water floating away?
Q16
mediumChapter Details
On which date did Sunita note that her hair was standing?
Q17
mediumChapter Details
On which date did Sunita photograph herself outside the spacecraft?
Q18
hardVocabulary
What does NASA stand for?
Q19
mediumMoon & Stars
Why do we see stars mostly at night?
Q20
mediumMoon & Stars
Which of these moves at a constant speed across the sky and is used for weather reports?
Q21
easyMoon & Stars
A shooting star is actually which of these?
Q22
easyGlobe vs Earth
What question did Uzaira ask about the lines on the globe?
Q23
mediumGlobe vs Earth
According to Sunita, why can't we see country boundaries from space?
Q24
easyGravity
If you travel downhill, why does water always flow downwards?
Q25
mediumClassroom Activity
Which was NOT one of the questions students were encouraged to ask in the classroom-as-spaceship activity?
Q26
mediumGrammar
Which word in the sentence “Sunita says that she has spent more than six months in space” indicates reported speech?
Q27
hardGrammar
Convert the question “Why don't we fall off?” into reported speech.
Q28
easyVocabulary
Which term refers to the invisible layer of gases around Earth?
Q29
mediumVocabulary
Which word best describes the path of the spaceship around Earth?
Q30
easyBiography
Sunita Williams set a record in 2007 for:
Q31
mediumBiography
What did Sunita originally want to study after high school?
Q32
mediumBiography
How did Sunita's plan change after she failed to get into the diving course?
Q33
easyChapter Conclusion
What moral message does Sunita give to students?
Q34
mediumTeacher's Note
Which activity did the Teacher's Note reference as challenging for understanding space?
Q35
hardData Interpretation
On 29 October, there was a difference in moonrise time compared to 28 October by:
Q36
mediumMoon & Stars
Which festival is related to the full moon?
Q37
easyGravity
Which of these best explains why slides only go downwards on Earth?
Q38
easyVocabulary
Which word in the chapter refers to the force that pulls everything toward Earth?
Q39
mediumExperiments
Why did Shahmir hide the moon behind a coin?
Q40
easyGlobe vs Earth
Which two geographic features did Uzaira point to on the globe when locating India?
Q41
easyChapter Details
What does Uzaira place on the globe to mark their location?
Q42
mediumPoetry
Which literary device is used in the poem ‘Twinkling stars'?
Q43
hardGeography Vocabulary
Which term describes the curved path of the globe's lines of latitude?
Q44
mediumTeacher's Note
What did the Teacher's Note suggest as a helpful book for understanding Earth's shape?
Q45
easyClassroom Activity
Which activity in the chapter encourages students to draw the sky and imagine a spaceship?
Q46
hardExperiments
Why did the coin and paper fall at the same speed when dropped together?
Q47
easyMoon & Stars
What question does the chapter ask students to think about regarding the moon's shape?
Q48
mediumGlobe vs Earth
According to the chapter, which human activity created country borders?
Q49
mediumLiving in Space
Which of these is NOT an effect of microgravity described in the chapter?
Q50
easyBiography
What was Sunita's friend Kalpana Chawla's dream that led to Sunita's visit?
Q51
hardGrammar
Which of these is a correct past participle from the chapter?
Q52
mediumTeacher's Note
What practice helps children understand gravity according to the Teacher's Note?
Q53
easyMoon & Stars
Which activity asks students to draw the moon on three different days?
Q54
easyEarth's Shape
What did Sunita compare the view of Earth from space to?
Q55
mediumLiving in Space
Which of these did astronauts NOT need to use in space?
Q56
mediumGeography Vocabulary
What do lines of latitude and longitude on a globe represent?
Q57
hardComprehension
Which question did the chapter NOT explicitly ask readers to discuss?
Q58
hardExperiments
In the experiment hiding the moon with a coin, approximately how many centimeters from the eye is the coin held?
Q59
mediumGlobe vs Earth
Which concept did students learn by comparing Earth to a globe and maps?
Q60
easyClassroom Activity
Which activity helps children imagine living without gravity?
Q61
mediumMoon & Stars
Why do we not easily see the moon during the day according to the chapter?
Q62
mediumEarth's Shape
What analogy did Sunita use to explain people's perception of up and down on Earth?
Q63
easyChapter Theme
Which phrase best summarizes the chapter's main theme?
Q64
mediumLiving in Space
Which object would float in the spaceship dining area?