NCERT Class 5 The World Around Us Solutions

What these NCERT Class 5 The World Around Us solutions cover

Every chapter of Our Wondrous Worldis solved in full — each in-text and end-of-chapter exercise worked step by step, with a free solutions PDF you can read in your browser. Here's what each chapter's solutions work through:

• Chapter 1: Water — The Essence of Life — Discuss — Ocean Water, Activity 1 — Freshwater Sources (Identify from Images), Activity 2 — Water Has Different Forms, Activity 3 — Water Cycle (Transparent Bag), Activity 4 — Groundwater (Soil Experiment), Activity 5 — Tick the Image for Groundwater Recharge, Activity 6 — Mustard Seeds (How Rivers Flow), Discuss — Rivers Towards Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, Activity 7 — Follow the Flow! (Rivers Map Table), Complete the Table — Animals on Land vs Animals in Water, Activity 8 — Visit a Water Body (Observation Table), Activity 9 — Water on Paper and Wax Crayon, Activity 10 — Who Eats Whom? (River Food Chain Game), Let Us Reflect — End-of-Chapter Questions (27 questions solved)
• Chapter 2: Journey of a River — Look at the image — Godavari river map questions, The Many Ways I Support Lives — comprehension questions, Write — Dams: problems and solutions, Write — Pollution questions, Discuss — Water bodies then and now, Activity 3 — Dissolve in water / Do not dissolve in water, Activity 4 — Healthy and unhealthy river (image-based), Write — Three things to protect water bodies, Activity 5 — Match the Columns: Flood problems, When a River Runs Dry — personal response questions, Let us reflect — End-of-chapter questions (25 questions solved)
• Chapter 3: The Mystery of Food — Think — Upset stomach, Write — Why food gets spoiled, Write — Things dried to remain unspoilt, Activity 1 — Mango products, Let us observe — Tomato drying activity, Discuss — Pickle without oil, Discuss — Butter and ghee refrigeration, Activity 3 — Food preservation practices at home, How are Idlis made?, Think — Home remedies for indigestion, Activity 4 — Finding #9 from market visit, Write — Seasonal fruits and vegetables, Activity 5 — Teeth and chewing, Write — How to avoid choking, Let us reflect (18 questions solved)
• Chapter 4: Our School — A Happy Place — Write (p. 56 — What I like / How to make school greener / Whom to talk to), Activity 1 — Walk around school and create its map (p. 56), School Explorer Teams — observation checklist discussion (p. 57–58), Discuss — Findings after School Explorer activity (p. 59), Write — Waste Management: dry waste / wet waste / bin colours (p. 59), Write — Items given to recyclers (p. 60), Discuss — Wet waste management and sanitation workers (p. 62), Activity 3 — White and black tiles under the Sun (p. 62), Discuss — Keeping areas cool (p. 63), Activity 4 — Dripping tap water measurement (p. 64), Discuss — Preventing water wastage (p. 64), Write — Trees and birds on campus (p. 65), Activity 5 — Water temperature under tree vs. under Sun (p. 66), Write — Traffic rules and school gate observations (p. 67), Discuss — Improving traffic near school (p. 68), Write, Activity 6 — Discuss everyday behaviour situations (p. 70), Let us reflect — End-of-chapter questions (p. 71–72) (49 questions solved)
• Chapter 5: Our Vibrant Country — Write — Republic Day, Activity 1 — State Tableau, Activity 2 — School Rules, Write — Independence Day, Activity 3 — Currency Note Observation, Write — National Symbols Riddles, Discuss — National Fruit, Find Out — State Symbols, Activity 5 — Languages, Write — Musical Instruments, Activity 7 — Dance Forms on Map, Let us reflect (24 questions solved)
• Chapter 6: Some Unique Places — Find out — Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Activity 1 — Paper Tube Roots (hands-on), Think — Why some birds and animals are found only on the islands, Write — Sea Animals, Discuss — Marine Life, Discuss — North Sentinel Island, Write — Sundarbans, Write — People and Sundarbans, Think — Why protect places like Sundarbans, Find out — Special adaptations around you, Think — Northeast India seven states, Write — Northeast India picture questions, Discuss — Protecting birds and animals near you, Activity 2 — Build a bird's nest (hands-on), Activity 3 — Western Ghats map and pictures, Write — Rivers of the Western Ghats, Activity 4 — Fruit and vegetable varieties in your state (hands-on), Write — Protected areas in Western Ghats, Let us reflect — Personal response questions (35 questions solved)
• Chapter 7: Energy — How Things Work — Observe and Wonder (kitchen observations), Discuss, Activity 1 — Balloon (observation question), Activity 2 — Rubber Band Guitar (observation question), Activity 3 — Sun-powered Water Warmer (observation question), Discuss — Fuel for cooking, Activity 4 — Understanding How Fuel Works (diya observation), Write — How food is cooked at home, Activity 5 — Electricity table (devices at home), Think — Life without electricity, Think — Cloth drying in sun vs shade, Activity 6 — Pinwheel (observation question), Activity 7 — Sunlight in Focus (observation question), Activity 8 — Water Wheel (observation question), Write, Write — Energy All Around Us (picture table activity), Activity 9 — Energy Flow Game (guidance), Let us reflect — End-of-chapter questions (27 questions solved)
• Chapter 8: Clothes — How Things are Made — Have you seen products woven out of natural material?, Activity 1 — Make a paper mat, Discuss — Woven things in the classroom, Activity 2 — Look at cloth through a magnifying glass, Activity 3 — Spinning cotton into thread, Activity 4 — Natural or synthetic fibres?, Discuss — Stitching at home or neighbourhood, Activity 5 — Leaf plate using toothpicks, Activity 7 — Running stitch, Activity 8 — Stitching two cloth pieces together, Let us reflect — End-of-chapter questions (19 questions solved)
• Chapter 9: Rhythms of Nature — Write — Changes since Grades 3 and, Write — Types of change, Find out — Day and night on the globe, Classroom Activity — Seasons Chart, Discuss — Seasonal differences across India, Write — Winter and Summer crops, Match — Festivals to seasons, Let us reflect (16 questions solved)
• Chapter 10: Earth — Our Shared Home — Activity 1 — My address and the globe, Write — Story 1: The Travelling Birds (Rosy Starlings), Write — Nature has no boundaries, Activity 2 — Birds poster and globe tracing (Story 1), Discuss — Story 2: Yoga, Write — Yoga pose, Write — Story 3: Chilli, Activity 3 — Chilli journey and food stories, Discuss — Story 4: Sugar, Write — Story 5: The Mexican Marigold, Write — Story 6: The Cows that Went to Brazil, Activity 4 — Cow breeds and things from around the world, Activity 5 — Interview and map tracing, Write — Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, Let us reflect (29 questions solved)

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