Sunita in Space | Class 5 | EVS | NCERT Solutions

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Fill in the blanks with suitable answers.

1. …………….. is a model of the earth.

Ans: Globe

2. The second Indian woman to fly into space is ………..

Ans: Sunita Williams

3. The first Indian woman to fly into space was ……………

Ans: Kalpana Chawla

4. The first Indian man to fly into moon was …………..

Ans: Rakesh Sharma

5. The force of earth which pulls other objects towards itself is known as ………

Ans: Gravity

6. The record for the longest space flight was set by …………

Ans: Sunita Williams

7. The vehicle used to move into space is called ………..

Ans: Spaceship

8. The American space agency is called as ………..

Ans: NASA

9. NASA stands for ……………

NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

10. The Indian space agency is called as ……….

Ans: ISRO

11. ISRO stands for ……………

Ans: ISRO stands for Indian Space Research Organisation

12. Sunita Williams spent ……….. time in space.

Ans: More than six months

13. The blue part on a globe shows …………..

Ans: Seas and Oceans (Water bodies)

14. The shape of the earth is ………….

Ans: Round like a globe

15. On date …………. Sunita travelled to space.

Ans: Date 09.12.2006

16. Sunita Williams went ………… km away from the earth in the spaceship.

Ans: 360 km

17. …………. was the first man to walk on the moon.

Ans: Neil Armstrong

Short Answer Type Questions

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences.

1. Who is Sunita Williams?

Ans: Sunita Williams is an astronaut. She is the second Indian woman to fly into space.

2. What does earth look like from space?

Ans: Earth looks like a globe from space.

3. How far did Sunita Williams go away from the earth? What record has she set?

Ans: Sunita Williams went 360 km away from the earth surface. She has set the world record of longest space flight by a woman.

4. If the earth is round like a globe, how is it that we do not fall off?

Ans: Though the earth is round like a globe, we do not fall off due to the gravity of the earth.

5. Write any two Sunita’s experiences of living in space.

Ans: Two experiences are-

• She did not need combing hair. Her hair kept standing all the time.
• Not being able to walk she had to get used to floating around.

6. Do you think Sunita could make out Pakistan, Nepal and Burma separately, when she saw the earth from space? Why?

Ans: No. Sunita could not make out Pakistan, Nepal and Burma separately, when she saw the earth from space because there were no natural boundary lines among the countries on the earth surface.

7. List out any four things you can see on a globe.

Ans: the four things are –

• Seas and oceans
• Countries
• Hills and mountains
• Forest area etc.

8. Name two festivals related with moon.

Ans: Two festivals related to moon are Vyas Purnima, Eid-Ul-Fitre.

9. List out the neighbouring states of Odisha.

Ans: The neighbouring states of Odisha are West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana

Give Reasons

1. Sunita’s hair kept standing in space.

Ans: Sunita’s hair kept standing in space because there was no gravity in space.

2. Water flows downwards on any slope. On mountains too water flows

Downwards, not upwards.

Ans: Water flows downwards on any slope. On mountains too water flows

Downwards, not upwards because earth has gravity which attracts everything towards itself.

Long Answer Type Questions

Write a paragraph of five sentences about Sunita Williams.

Ans: Sunita Williams is an Astronaut. She is the second Indian woman to move into space. She had travelled 360 km away from earth surface. She has set a world record of longest space flight by any woman. She stayed more than six months in space.