1 STD - III I Fill in the blanks: QUESTION BANK SCIENCE II SEMESTER PORTIONS Lesson 8 BIRDS 1. An ostrich has toes on each foot. 2. Ducks have feet to swim in water. 3. A bird s home is called a. 4. A makes its nest on high trees. 5. Birds have types of feathers. II Match the following: 1. Upstroke - When the wings move upward and backward 2. Downstroke - When the wings move downward and forward 3. Swallows - eat tiny insects 4. Ostrich - is a running bird III (a) Choose and write: 1. The only animals with feathers are. [reptiles / birds] 2. The feathers that keep the bird warm are called feather. [flight / down] 3. A bird with broad and flat beak. [duck / parrot] 4. An eagle has a beak. [sharp and hooked / straight] Vulture pigeon crow Duck swan nest Kite sparrow vulture IV. Write true or false: 1. Weaver bird uses grass and twigs to make its nest 2. Birds fly with the help of their beaks 3. Flesh eating birds are called preying 4. Birds that can walk over shallow water are called wading birds V. Name the following: 1. A bird that makes holes in a tree trunk 2. A bird that sews leaves to build its nest 3. Sharp claws of flesh eating birds 4. The bird whose nest looks like a shallow cup
2 VI. Answer in one sentence: 1. Name the birds that have short, hard and horny beaks. 2. Name the birds of prey. VII. Answer in two sentences: 2m 1. What is perching? 2. Describe the legs of a wading bird. VIII. Answer briefly: 3m 1. How does a brad and flat beak with tiny holes help a duck to eat insects? 2. Why do birds build nests? Give reasons. I. Draw the diagram of a bird and label its different parts. 3m Lesson 9 Our body is a wonderful machine I. Fill in the blanks: 1. Food is mixed thoroughly in the. 2. Different form an organ. 3. The system helps to produce babies. 4. Breathing purifies our. 5. Our skeleton system is made up of bones. II. Match the following: 1. Cells - smallest unit of our body 2. Oxygen - the air we breathe in. 3. Carbon dioxide - the air we breathe out 4. The skull - protects our brain III. (a) Choose and write: 1. The shape of our body is given by. [skeleton / tissues] 2. The skeleton is covered by. [muscles / stomach] 3. Our body is made up of. [cells / flesh] 4. Our heart is located on the of the chest. [left side / middle] Eye Nose lungs Stomach Foodpipe heart Brain kidney Nerves IV. Write True or False: 1. Kidneys and lungs belong to excretory system
3 2. The brain, spinal cord and the nerves form circulatory system 3. Internal organs are protected by skeleton 4. The heart, the blood and blood vessels form circulatory system V. Name the following: 1. Building blocks of our body 2. A system of bones that gives shape to our body 3. The organ system to which our heart belongs 4. The organ system that helps us to digest the food VI. Answer in one sentence: 1. What is digestion? 2. Name the organs involved in digestive system. VII. Answer in two sentences: 2m 1. What is an organ system? 2. What is reproductive system? VIII. Answer briefly: 1. What are the organs in the digestive system? What does this system do? 2. What is the function of the heart? 3m IX. Identify the pictures and write their names in the spaces provided
4 Lesson 10 Measurement I Fill in the blanks: 1. We use a metre rod to measure. 2. In early days, people used to measure length. 3. Litre is the unit of. 4. hand of a clock reads hour. II Match the following: 1. 1 litre - 1000 millilitre 2. 1 day - 24 hours 3. 1 hour - 60 minutes 4. 1 metre - 100 centimetre 5. 1 centimetre - 10 millimetre III (a) Choose and Write: 1. We need to measure in our daily life. [one thing / many things] 2. Long ago people used to measure length with their. [scales / body parts] 3. Unit of length is. [kilogram / metre] 4. Mass is measured in. [litre / kilogram] 1. Millimeter centimeter hour 2. Second centigrade minute 3. Thermometer Beam balance Spring balance IV Write true or false: 1. Very long distances are measured in bilometre [ ] 2. A beam balance measures temperature. [ ] 3. We measure length with measuring tape. [ ] 4. Degree centigrade is the unit of mass. [ ] V Name the following: 1. An instrument used to measure the length of a pencil 2. The quantity of a liquid that a vessel can hold 3. Thermometer that is used by the doctors to measure our body temperature 4. An instrument used to measure mass of a person
5 VI Answer in one sentence: 1. What is the normal temperature of our body? 2. Name the units of measurement of length. 3. How many grams make a kilogram? VII Answer in two sentences: 2m 1. What is mass? Name two units for measuring mass. 2. What is capacity? Name two units for measuring capacity. VIII Answer briefly: 3m 1. What is time? Write three units for measuring time. 2. What is temperature? Which thermometer is used to measure body temperature? In which unit does it measure the body temperature? IX Draw the diagram of a clinical thermometer. 3m Lesson 11 Light, Sound and Force I. Fill in the blanks: 1. We see non-luminous objects when light on them. 2. A candle is object. 3. Some sounds are soft while some are. 4. We should speak. II Match the following: 1. Luminous objects - Bulb, candle, torch 2. Non Luminous objects - pencil, book, table 3. Shadows are long - in the morning and evening 4. Chirping of birds - pleasant sound III (a) Choose and write: 1. We can see things with the help of. [air / light] 2. Things that gives light are called. [non-luminous / luminous] 3. Sun is a object. [luminous / non luminous] 4. A resting body can move when is applied. [light / force] 1. Bulb chair sun 2. Soft loud pull
6 3. Eating chirping clapping IV Write true or false: 1. We like soft and pleasant sound. [ ] 2. Whispering is a soft sound. [ ] 3. We hear sound with the help of our nose. [ ] 4. In the evening the shadow is short. [ ] V Name the following: 1. A loud and unpleasant sound 2. A force that slows down the movement 3. A natural luminous object other than the sun and the stars 4. A non- luminous object that shines with the help of sunlight 5. The main source of heat and light on earth VI Answer in one sentence: 1. Name one natural luminous object. 2. What is a shadow? VII Answer in two sentences: 2m 1. What is force? 2. What is noise? VIII Answer briefly: 3m 1. What is friction? Give one example. IX Identify the pictures. (a) (b) (c) Lesson -12 Air, Water and Weather I Fill in the blanks: 1) We can feel air when it. 2) can cause loss of lives and property. 3) is a cold season. 4) The clouds the sun rays. 5) Sunny days are than cloudy days.
7 II Match the following: 1. Summer - Hot season 2. Winter - Cold season 3. Monsoon - Rainy season 4. Wind - Moving air III (a) Choose and Write: 1. is present all around us. [water/air] 2. About 70% of our body weight is. [water/gas] 3. Soft and gentle wind is called. [storm/breeze] 4. At noon sun rays fall. [directly/indirectly] 1. Nitrogen Oxygen Smoke 2. Summer noon winter 3. Ice River ocean IV Write true or False: 1. The air around us is sometimes cold and sometimes hot 2. Plants need the gas called oxygen to make food 3. Humans and animals need oxygen to breathe 4. The hottest season is monsoon season V Name the following: 1. The three states of water in nature 2. It affects our clothes and food habits 3. The cycle of change of water from one form to another in nature 4. Wind blowing at a very high speed VI Answer in one sentence: 1. Name the main seasons in India. 2. Name the things that change the weather. VII Answer in two sentences: 2m 1. What does air contain? 2. Why is a cloudy day cooler than a sunny day? 3. Why are mornings and evenings cooler than afternoon? VIII Answer briefly: 3m 1. What is water cycle? IX Draw the diagram of water cycle in nature.
8 Lesson 13 The earth and its companions I Fill in the blanks: 1. The shape of the earth is. 2. The line passing through the centre of the earth vertically and joins the two poles is called the. 3. The natural satellite of the earth is. 4. The pole star helps to find direction. II Match the following: 1. Telescope - An instrument to observe stairs 2. Magnetic compass - An instrument used by the sailors to find their way 3. Kalpana Chawla, Sunita Williams - Astronauts 4. Rotation, revolution - Movement of the earth. III. Choose the correct answer: 1. The moon completes one rotation in about days. (26, 27.3) 2. The holes on the moon surface are called (asteroids/craters) 3. People who go into the space are called (doctors/ astronauts) 4. The moon reflects the light of the (sun/stars) IV. Circle the odd: 1. Full moon crescent moon star. 2. Moon sun rocks 3. Revolution 365 ¼ Days Rotation V. Write true or false: 1. We live on a beautiful planet called earth ( ) 2. The earth looks blue green in colour from space. ( ) 3. The moon have the light of its own. ( ) 4. Rotation of the earth causes season. ( ) VI. Name the following 1. It is surrounded by a layer of air 2. A heavenly body that revolves around a planet 3. A group of stars that form patterns in the sky 4. A fixed path of the earth during its journey around the sun
9 VII. answer in one sentence: 1. Name the stationary star in the sky. 2. What is the other name of URSA MAJOR? VIII. Answer in two sentences: 2m 1. What are the phases of the moon? 2. Why does earth look flat to us? IX. Answer briefly: 3m 1. What is rotation of the earth? What does it cause? 2. What is revolution of the earth? What does it cause? X. Draw the diagram of different phases of the moon.