NCERT Solutions for Class 5th The World Around Us Chapter 10 Earth—Our Shared Home

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From space, the Earth has no lines on it. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to reach the International Space Station, said that when he looked at the Earth from outside, it looked completely one — no border, no state, no country was visible. Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to see the Earth from space, was asked how India looked from up there. He replied, “Saare Jahaan Se Achcha” — the best in the entire world. From that height you cannot even see your own city or village. You see only the big shapes of land and the blue of the sea. That is why the Earth is called the blue planet . You have an address, and its last line is the same for everybody. Your address goes from small to big — your house, your street, your village or town, your district, your state, you

• The Blue Planet
• Story 1: The Travelling Birds!
• Nature has no boundaries
• Story 2: Yoga—India's Gift to the World!
• Story 3: Chilli—A Spice that Changed our Lives!
• Story 4: The Sweet Story of Sugar!
• Story 5: The Mexican Marigold Moves into India!
• Story 6: The Cows that Went to Brazil!
• Web of Life
• One Earth, One Family!