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Bangladesh International School, Dammam

Second Term Examination-2018 Week 4


Subject Science Class V
Subject Teacher : Mrs. Abida Sultana / Mis.Faiza
Student's ID III
Sec
Student's Name :
Date: 22-01-2018
Units- (2.5-2.7)
Terms to learn:
1. Deforestation: Cutting down trees byMrs.
humans.
2. Atmosphere: The mixture of gases surrounding the Earth.
3. Pollutant: The substance which causes pollution.
4. Pollution : The presence of any substance to the atmosphere which has harmful
effects to humans, animals and plants.
5. Global warming: The gradual increase in temperatures throughout the world.
Answer the following questions:

Q1. What are the causes of deforestation?


Ans.
i) to clear land for farming and mining.
ii) to clear land for cities
iii) to collect wood to make furniture and houses and to use as a fuel

Q2. What is greenhouse gases? Give some examples.


Ans.
Green house gases:
Green house gases are certain gases in the atmosphere that trap energy from the sun.
For examples, i) Water vapor iv) Carbon di-oxide
ii) Methane v) Nitrous oxide
iii) Ozone

Q3. Why are trees so important?


Ans. Trees are so important because ----
i) they give us oxygen, food and medicine.
ii) they keep the environment cool and reduce global warming
iii) they purify the air by removing carbon-dioxide and giving oxygen.

Prepared by Mrs. Abida Sultana


Q4. What are the causes of air pollution ?
Ans. The causes of air pollution are ---
i) Burning of fossil fuels like coal, petroleum oil.
ii) Emission from automobile engines.
iii) Exhaust from factories and industries.

Q5. Write three effects of acid rain.


Ans. i) Acid rain destroys the leaves of plants and kills many trees.
ii) A large number of fish and other aquatic plants and animals die due to acid rain.
iii) It kills useful microorganisms and destroys nutrients of soil.
Q6. What effect does acid rain have on buildings made of sandstone or limestone
or marble?
Ans. Acids have corrosive effect on limestone or marble buildings. Sulfur dioxide
increases the rate of corrosion of limestone, sandstone or marble which reduces
their value and beauty.
Q7. Write three effects of air pollution

i) Air pollution causes respiratory, heart and skin diseases.

ii) It causes global warming , acid rain and depletion of ozone layer.

iii) Air pollution effects on wildlife.

Q.8 What should we do to control air pollution?

Ans. We should ------

i) use other sources of energy (i.e. nuclear power, hydro-electricity, wind energy, solar

energy etc.) and conserve energy.

ii) recycle and reuse as many things as we can.

iii) stop cutting down trees unnecessarily and plant trees.

Prepared by Mrs. Abida Sultana

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