Worksheet: The Earth-Our World - Notes | Study Social Studies for Class 5 - Class 5

Answer the following questions in brief:

Question 1: Who sailed round the earth to prove that it is round and not flat?

Question 2: What is a ‘grid’?

Question 3: Which imaginary line divides the earth into two hemispheres?

Question 4: In what ways are maps different from a globe?

Fill in the blanks

Question 5:

(a) Man first landed on moon on _____________________ .

(b) In the continent of _____________________ no man has permanent home.

(c) Our earth is more like an _____________________ than a sphere.

(d) The _____________________ mountain separates Asia from Europe.

True & False

Question 6:

• The earth is a heavenly body.
• The continent of Australia is made up entirely of islands. 
• All countries are parts of some continent.
• Oceans are large bodies of water.
  

Look at the globe and answer the following:

Question 8: Which of the two hemispheres has greater land area?

Question 9: Which two continents are spread over both hemispheres?

Question 10: Why does the level of water in all the oceans remains the same?

Question 11: Which continent lies only in the southern hemisphere?

Question 12: Which ocean surrounds the continent of Antarctica?