Tuesday 31 May 2016

Homework for grade 5B on 31-05-16, Tuesday

English

Read the following passage and make notes. Write it in the class work part of your grammar notebook and submit it on 01-6-16.  

BEARS
American Black Bears live in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. An American Black Bear can be up to seven feet tall if it stands on its hind legs. A mother Black Bear can have2-4 baby bears. They have the bears in winter. The baby bears are called cubs. During the winter, the cubs stay with their mother in the bear den. During the summer, the cubs like to go outside. They like to run and play. The cubs drink milk provided by their mother. The cubs eat nuts, berries, and insects. The cubs also love to eat honey. During the winter, the cubs sleep in the den with their mothers. They rest all winter. The cubs will leave their mother the next summer. They will move away to start their own family.

SST
    1.   Learn the concept Body Mass Index and Obesity for a review on 01-6-16.


Math
Revise concepts of Polygons and angles . Review on Wednesday , 1st June 2016 .

Computers

Copy or take a print of the following and stick it in your notebook and answer the questions.
Know your Computer
Ls. 2 . Storage devices

Q. Fill in the blanks with the options from the bracket.
(DVD, CD-RW, CD-ROM, floppy disk)
1)   A _______________________ is a low capacity disk which is removable from the computer.

2)   ___________________ is an optical storage device that allows reading the information only, and not writing on it.

3)   A _________________ can hold about 4.7 GB data in it.

4) A ___________________ allows large amount of data to be written to a CD as well as read from it.

Q. Answer the following questions

1)   What is a hard disk?

Ans. A hard disk is a higher capacity storage device that can store large amounts of data. It is generally non-removable, but removable (external) hard disks are becoming more common.

2)   What is a USB flash drive?
Ans.
·        A USB flash drive is a small, portable device that can be plugged into the computer.
·        They can be carried around easily, and therefore can be used for transferring information form one computer to the other.


3)   Give any other two names for USB flash drives.
Ans. pen drives, key chain drives, key drives, memory sticks, pocket drives


   2)   What is the difference between primary memory and secondary memory?


Q.      Write the full forms for the following:

   a)   ROM :– ____________________________________________
   b)  RAM :– ____________________________________________
   c)   CD :- ______________________________________________
   d)  CD -  ROM :- ________________________________________
   e)   DVD :- ____________________________________________

USB :- ______________________________________