SSC (English Medium) 5th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for Environmental Studies 2

Give reasons for the following:

The species of dinosaurs, which were enormous in size, suddenly became extinct.

Give reasons for the following:

In the course of time, a new species with characteristics different from the original species is created.

Fill in the blanks in the concept chart given below.

That period, of which the tools that we find are mainly made from stone, is called the ______.

______ near Nashik is a well-known Old Stone Age site in Maharashtra.

Find out the odd pair from the following.

Compare the tools from all the three periods of the Stone Age.

Which of the following modern machines has stone grinders?

Show the following places on the map of India.

1. A site of the Old Stone Age in Maharashtra.
2. A river basin with New Stone Age sites.
3. A site of the Middle Stone Age in Madhya Pradesh.

Answer the following question in one sentence.

Which animals did the Homo sapiens mainly hunt?

Answer the following question in one sentence.

What is the characteristic of the New Stone Age?

Give reasons for the following.

The diet of Homo sapiens underwent a change.

Give reasons for the following.

Homo sapiens needed to stay in one place over longer periods of time.

Observe the reconstructed picture of a Middle Stone Age seasonal camp and answer the following:

Describe the structure of the houses in the picture.

Observe the reconstructed picture of a Middle Stone Age seasonal camp and answer the following:

What materials are used to construct the houses?

Observe the reconstructed picture of a Middle Stone Age seasonal camp and answer the following:

What kind of jobs could the people in the seasonal camps have been doing?

Write about the effects on your life, of the seasonal changes in weather.

How did some people in the community become skilled craftsmen?

Complete the following concept chart.

Write about the consequence of the following event.

Discovery of wheel