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

The science that tries to understand past events is called ______.

History is not written solely on the basis of ______.

The calendar we use today is based on the ______.

The period before the Common Era is known as the time ______.

Answer the question in one sentence.

Which scientific methods are used to estimate the age of the layers of soil and the remains found in them?

Answer the question in one sentence.

How is the first century of the Common Era written?

What is meant by the unilinear division of time?

What are the units of measuring time?

Complete the chart given below.

How were the sun and the planets in our solar system created?

Find the names of the planets in the box below.

Arrange the events given below in chronological order.

1. Water bodies appeared on the earth’s surface.
2. The sun and the planets revolving around it were created.
3. Protozoa appeared in water.
4. An enormous cloud of hot gases and dust was formed in space. 

Homo is a Latin word which means ______.

The Neanderthals primarily lived in ______.

Answer the question in one sentence.

Who is said to have first made tools like the hand-axe?

Answer the question in one sentence.

What is heredity?

Give reason for the following.

The Neanderthals became extinct.

Give reason for the following.

Humans could produce subtle and varied types of sounds. 

Read the clues given below and find the words hidden in the box.

• Humans who stood upright.
• A sound that Neanderthals could make.
• Humans who used their hands.
• Homo sapiens sapiens began to grow this in fields.
• Pieces of stone used to make tools.
• It kept Homo erectus warm, although they could not make it.
• A country in which remains of Homo habilis were found.
• A way of preparing food that Neariderthals used.
• A tool made by Homo erectus.
• Homo sapiens could do this to make pictures.
• Humans could use their hands because they learnt to stand on two of these.
• The country in which remains of Neanderthals were first found.
• These were buried with them when Neanderthals died.

How did man use the percussion technique?