BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Class 5:
COMPUTER
Chapter 2: Data Storage Devices
Exercises
1. a. binary b. 8 c. volatile d. RAM, ROM e. flash
2. a. F b. T c. T d. T e. F
3. a. Stylus b. Monitor c. Laser printer d. Non-volatile memory e. Platters
4. a. The three types of computer memory are primary memory, read-only memory, and secondary
memory.
b. Memory where the contents are retained even when the power is turned off is known as nonvolatile
memory.
c. ROM stands for read-only memory.
Types of ROM:
i. Programmable read-only memory (PROM)
ii. Erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM)
iii. Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM)
d. In secondary memory, the programs and data are stored for future reference. It also has a much
larger storage capacity which can be used for bulk data processing.
e. CD-ROM, DVD, Blu-ray disc, pen drive, hard disk.
5. a. i b. ii c. iii d. iii e. ii
SST Lesson 2 World climate
Answers to questions
1. Climate affects how we live: the kind of houses we live in, the food we eat, the clothes we wear, our
activities and work, and the way we spend our time indoors and outdoors.
2. There are no forests to cut down for wood, nor is stone available to build houses in the Arctic region.
The only building material available is snow.
3. The Arctic and Antarctic Circles, the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and the equator.
4. The temperature, the amount of rainfall, the direction and frequency of winds, and the presence of
hills and mountains are factors that influence the climate.
Work Page
A 1 The hill station of Murree: 1789.3 mm
2 Nok Kundi: 35.3 mm
3 Quetta: -2.0C
4 Jacobabad: 36.9C
5 a) The average winter temperature in Quetta can go as low as -2C, and the average temperature
in summer can also go high to 25.6C, whereas Murrees average winter temperature is 3.7C
and maximum temperature in summer is 20.6C.
b) Murree gets 1789.3 mm of rain annually and Quetta gets 260.8 mm.
Both the places have low temperatures. However, Murree gets a lot more rain than Quetta.
B 1 False
2 True
3 False
4 True
5 False





Lesson 3 Life in the desert
Answers to questions
1. Continental deserts are in the middle of a continent; they get no rain clouds, like the Gobi Desert in
Mongolia, and the Great Australian Desert.
2. The areas on one side of a mountain, which do not get rain as the mountains block the rain-bearing
winds.
3. Deserts are hot, dry places, with a harsh climate; theres little or no vegetation, very little water, poor soil,
no farming and no food crops; there are no settlements and no development, hence the population is very
low. Mostly nomadic tribes live in these areas.
4. Desert plants are spiny and have thick, fleshy stems that store water. The spines prevent the animals
from eating the plants.
5. Saudi Arabia has large reserves of oil underground. The government sells the oil and uses the money for
the development of the country.
Work Page
A 1 Bedouin is the name for nomads of the Arabian Desert. 2 Sirocco is the name for the hot, dry, dusty
wind that blows through the Mediterranean region. 3 A wadi is a dry river bed in the Middle Eastern desert.
It means valley. 4 A nomad is a wanderer, a person who does not live in one place but is constantly on the
move. 5 A cactus is a fleshy plant, usually with prickles, found in a hot, dry climate.
B Climatewind, temperature, rainfall, whirlwind Landsandy, rocky, wadi, dunes Vegetationspiny,
leaves, stem, roots Animalscamel, snake, lizards, hedgehogs
Amazing Science TG 5
Answers to Exercises in Unit 1
1. a) Dividing living things into groups helps us to understand how all the different
living things in the world fit into a pattern.
b) Biologists already know about more than one million different kinds of
animals and more than 350,000 kinds of plants.
c) Once inside the cell the virus uses the cells materials to live and reproduce. It
can make hundreds of copies of itself.
d) Protists are small living things that cannot easily be classified as animals or
plants.
e) Euglena moves about in the water by a whip-like projection called a flagellum.
f ) Bacteria belong to the group Monera.
g) The four main groups of plants are:
algae and fungi
mosses and liverworts
ferns, club mosses, and horsetails
seed-bearing plants
h) Fungi are made up of thin threads called hyphae.
i) Lichens are plants that consist of fungi and algae living together.
j) Mosses and liverworts reproduce by spores formed in capsules.
2. Fishbackbone, fins, scales, lays eggs, gills
Amphibianbackbone, damp skin, lays eggs, gills, lungs
Reptilescales, lays eggs, lungs
Birdsbackbone, lays eggs, feathers, lungs
Mammalsbackbone, has live babies, hair, milk glands, lungs


3. animal/plant group
fern adiantum
mouse mammal
mushroom fungi
dolphin mammal
beetle insect
rose angiosperm
trout fish
snake reptile
earthworm segmented worm
sea weed algae
frog amphibian
amoeba protist
pine tree gymnosperm
bacteria monera
robin bird
moss algae and fungi
octopus molluscs
starfish echinoderm
4. organisms characteristics
Virus- simplest living organism
Protest- cannot be classified as plant or animal
Bacterium- smallest living things made up only one round elongated or spiral cell
alga green- plant that usually live in water
fungus -non-green plant made up of hyphae
lichen -consist of algae and fungi living together
moss -bear tiny pear-shaped capsules that contain spores
fern -their leaves are called fronds
gymnosperm -seed-bearing, non-flowering plant
angiosperm -seed-bearing, flowering plants
5. sponge, crab, starfish, centipede