Class 5: EVS 1: Lesson 22: Growth and personality development

Class 5: Environmental Studies One

Lesson no. 22

Growth and Personality Development 

EXERCISES: 

Q. 1. What's the solution.
Kabir wants to be a professor of Zoology. What can he do today to prepare for that.
Ans:
1. If Kabir wants to be a professor of Zoology then first of all he needs to study properly and complete his schooling.
2. He should select the Science (General Science/ Zoology)stream for 11th and 12th.
3. In B.Sc ,he needs to study again special subject i.e. Zoology
4. After completion of B.Sc. with Zoology subject,he must complete.M.Sc with special  Zoology subject.
5. Now as par UGC criteria for becoming professor he should qualify SET ( State Eligibility Test ) NET ( National Eligibility Test).

Q.2. Use your brain power.
B. What skills do we already have before we ride a bicycle ?
Ans: The following skills  we already have before we ride a bicycle.
1. Walking and runing.
2. Holding things with hand.
3. Balance ourself. etc.

B. Suman wishes to run a restaurant of her own in the future. Which of the skills she is learning today will be of use in her future occupation?
Ans: Suman wishes to run a restaurant of her own in the future. The following skills that she is learning today will be usefull in her future occupation.
1. Cooking 2. Making tea 3.Helping her mother in cooking etc.

Q.3. Answer the following questions.
1. What is meant by heredity?
Ans.  Heredity means the characteristics traits and features of parents being passed to children.

2. What difference do we see between the children in pre-primary classes and children in std. 5?
Ans.: Children in Pre-primary:
1.Children studying in pre-primary classes are of 3 to 4 years old.
2.Their height and physical strength is not yet fully grown.
3.They can not go to school alone,on their own. 
4. Their understanding capacity is not fully developed.
Children in std. 5:
1. Children from std. 5 are of 9 to 10 years old.
2. They are little grown up.
3. Their physical and mental capacity is increased.
5. The height also has increased.
6. They can go to school alone on their own and come back to home.
7. They can play on open ground.
8. They can calculate numbers and money.

3. What changes take place in us from birth  till  adulthood ?
Ans: The following changes take place in us from birth till adulthood. 

1. At birth our weight is 2 to 3 kg.

2. By the time adulthood we reach to 50 to 60 kg. for men and 45 to 50 kg for women.

3. Our height also increases 4 to 5 times than the height at birth.

4. We don't have any control on our muscles at the time of birth but after growing up we have a good control on it.

5. There is no strength in arms and legs during infancy but in adulthood our arms and legs become stronger.

6. The brain develops from birth till 6 years and after it becomes more complex. 

7. During infancy we don't have understanding of anything but in adulthood we become more mature to take decisions on our own.

4. Name any three skills you have acquired.
Ans: Following are the three skills that I have acquired. 

1. Reading 2. Drawing 3. Dancing

5. What is meant by physical growth?
Ans: Growth in height and weight of a child is calles physical growth. 

Q. 4. True or false
1. A baby gradually learns to perform newly learnt tasks without making mistakes.
Ans: False

2. At birth, we already have all skills.
Ans: False

3. We cannot manage all our tasks entirely by ourselves.
Ans.True

4. Our height increases from birth till we grow old.
Ans: False