SCIENCE EXTRA QUESTIONS
Chapter human body:
1. An adult human being has 206 bones in the skeleton.
2. At birth there are 304 bones in our body.
3. Skeletal system as a storage for calcium and phosphorus required for
various work in our body.
4. Largest bone in the body is the thigh bone(femur) and the smallest bone
is the stapes is found in the ear.
5. The backbone protects the delicate spinal cord.
6. The rib cage protects the heart and the lungs.
7. Upper Arm bone is called humerus and lower arm has two bones called
radius and ulna.
8. Thigh bone is femur and it is joined two other bones called tibia and fibula
at the knee.
9. Bones are held together at the joints with the help of the tissue called
ligaments.
[Link] are also joined to the muscle with the help of another type of
tissues called tendons.
[Link] the joints the ends of the two bones are covered with a soft tissue called
cartilage.
[Link] rich diet is needed for strong bones and teeth.
13.A lack of vitamin D can cause bones to become soft and weak.
Chapter: solids, liquids, and gases:
1. In solids there are no space between the molecules.
2. Shape of the solids can be changed by applying force it is called applied
force.
3. Liquids flow from high level to a lower level.
4. The substance that completely dissolve in a solvent to obtain a solution
are called soluble substance.
5. The substances that do not completely dissolve in a solvent are called
insoluble substance
6. The liquid that mixes with each other completely are called miscible
liquid.
7. The liquids that do not mix with each other are called immiscible liquids.
8. A soluble substance can be separated from its solution by evaporation.
9. Moving air is called wind
10.A light gentle and pleasant wind is called breeze.
11.A very strong wind is called a Gale.
12.A very strong and fast wind with rain is called a storm.
[Link] a storm occurs with Thunder rain and lighting it is called a
thunderstorm.
[Link] Breeze from sea to land is called sea breeze.
[Link] breeze from land to sea is called land breeze.
[Link] winds that bring rain to the land are called monsoon winds.
[Link] movement of air in and out of the closed spaces is called ventilation.
[Link] remove moisture, unwanted smell and other foul smells from
the house
Chapter interdependence of livings beings:
1. Non-living components of the environment are air, water, soil and
sunlight.
2. Living components of the environment are animals, plants and
microorganisms.
3. Plants are green due to the presence of a green pigment called
chlorophyll.
4. Plants produce their own food by the process of photosynthesis.
5. Humus is the nutrient rich layer of the soil made up of dead plants and
animals
6. Killing of wild animals in the forest is called hunting
7. Deer are haunted for their meat, tigers for their skin, an elephant for their
tusks.
8. A large destructive file that spreads over A forest is called a forest fire.
9. Chipko means hugging the tree.
Chapter light:
1. Light is a form of energy
2. The bouncing bag of light is called reflection of light
3. Opaque objects are those objects that do not allow the light rays to pass
through them at all. For example, metallic rock, carrom board, books,
chairs, trees.
4. Light travels in a straight line.
5. Opaque objects form dark shadows whereas translucent objects form
faint shadows
6. Earth completed it’s one rotation in 24 hours. This time. Is called a solar
day.
7. The Earth takes 365 days and six hours to complete one revolution. This
time. Is called a solar year
8. The Earth moves around the sun in a fixed path called an orbit.
9. Johannes Kepler was a great German astronomer who first scientifically
explained the solar eclipse.
[Link] solar eclipse moon is between the Earth and the sun.
[Link] eclipse The Earth is between the Moon and the Sun.