NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Environmental Studies Chapter 1 - Super Senses

Question 1:

Animals has which powers ?

Answer:

Animals have the power of seeing, smelling and to realise.

Question 2:

How an animal find out his companion ?

Answer:

An animal find out his companion by smelling.

Question 3:

How an ant find out his way ?

Answer:

As the ants move, they leave a scent on the ground. The other ants follow the smell to find the way.

Question 4:

How male insects recognise their females ?

Answer:

Male insects can recognise their females by their smell.

Question 5:

ow mosquitoes know where you are ?

Answer:

Mosquitoes can find you by the smell of your body. They also find you by the smell of the sole of your feet and the heat of your body.

Question 6:

How a dog can find out that another dog has come into their area ?

Answer:

Dogs can find out if another dog has come to their area by the smell of its urine or potty (laterine).

Question 7:

From the smell of the clothes of your family members can you say whom do they belong to ?

Answer:

1. The clothes of elder can be recognise by the smell of sweat.
2. The clothes of kids by the smell of urine or potty.

Question 8:

Is a smell good or bad for everyone in the same way ? Or does it

Answer:

A smell is good or bad depend on how each one thinks about it.

Question 9:

Why some birds move their neck very often ?

Answer:

In most of the birds eyes are fixed and cannot move, so birds have to turn their heads to see around.

Question 10:

Which birds can see four times as far as we can ?

Answer:

Some birds like kites, eagles, vultures can see four times as far as we can.

Question 11:

Can snake feel the vibration on the ground ?

Answer:

Snakes do not have external ears. Even then they can feel the vibration on the ground.

Question 12:

Why birds make special warning call

Answer:

Birds make special warning call to alert the other birds and even other animals about some danger.

Question 13:

Do some animals come to know about earthquake or storm before hand ?

Answer:

Yes, some animals come to know about earthquake or storm before hand. They start behaving in a different way when an earthquake or storm is about to come.Therefore, they do different action.

Question 14:

How an animal find out his companion ?

Answer:

An animal find out his companion by smelling.

Question 15:

How did the tribes of Andaman Island people get the warning of Tsunami in December 2005 ?

Answer:

The tribes of Andaman Island guessed the danger by noticing the behaviour of the animals.

Question 16:

Can Dolphins make different sounds to give messages to each other ?

Answer:

Yes, dolphins make different sounds to give message to each other..

Question 17:

Do animals have a special language of their own ?

Answer:

Scientists believe that many animals have a special language of their own.

Question 18:

Have you noticed lizard in winter season. Where they have gone suddenly ?

Answer:

No, the lizards are not seen in winter season. Lizards go into long sleep in winter season.

Question 19:

For how many hours, in a day, sloth sleeps while hanging upside down on a tree branch ?

Answer:

17 hours.

Question 20:

After how long a sloth comes down from the tree to relieve itself ?

Answer:

Once a week.

Question 21:

How many times better a tiger can see at night than most of humans ?

Answer:

Six times.

Question 22:

Why a tiger changes its sound according to purpose ?

Answer:

Tiger make different sounds for different purposes like when it is angry so to call out to a tigress.

Question 23:

Why elephants are killed ?

Answer:

Elephants are killed for their tusk.

Question 24:

To protect the tigers which forests has been made protected area by the government ?

Answer:

1. Jim Corbett National Park in Uttrakhand.
2. Ghana in Bharatpur district in Rajasthan.

Question 25:

Why tiger, crocodile and snake are killed ?

Answer:

They are killed for their skin.

Question 26:

What are the causes of decreasing number of tigers and other animals ?

Answer:

1. Hunting
2. Destruction of natural habitat due to cutting of forests
3. Forest fire.