Energy All Around Us — List actions that you see in the picture above and fill in the following table. The village picture on page 127 — redrawn. Activity Source of Energy A child carrying a school bag. Food

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Look carefully at the big village picture on page 127. There are fields and a canal on the left, a road with vehicles, a village path, houses with a solar panel on one roof, and windmills far away on the hill. Here is the table filled in. Row 1 is the book's example. Activity Source of Energy A child carrying a school bag. Food A car and a scooter running on the road Fuel — petrol or diesel A tractor ploughing the field Fuel — diesel A man riding a bicycle Food (the rider's own energy) A man carrying a heavy sack on his head Food A pair of bullocks pulling a cart Food — the grass and fodder the bullocks eat A woman grinding grain on a stone chakki Food (her own muscle power) Clothes drying on a washing line The Sun (and the wind) Windmills turning on the far hill Wind A solar panel fixed on a rooftop The Sun A water wheel standing in the canal Flowing water A boy charging his mobile phone at a socket indoors Electricity A girl drawing water from the handpump Food (her arm pushes the handle) A cow grazing on the grass Food Trees and crops growing green in the field The Sun What the picture teaches: Look at how few sources there really are. Everything in that whole village runs on just five things — food, fuel, electricity, the Sun and the wind (and flowing water) . People and animals run on food. Machines run on fuel or electricity. And the Sun, wind and water work quietly in the background, for free. Do this with your own street: Stand outside your house for five minutes and

Activity	Source of Energy
A child carrying a school bag.	Food
A car and a scooter running on the road	Fuel — petrol or diesel
A tractor ploughing the field	Fuel — diesel
A man riding a bicycle	Food (the rider's own energy)
A man carrying a heavy sack on his head	Food
A pair of bullocks pulling a cart	Food — the grass and fodder the bullocks eat
A woman grinding grain on a stone chakki	Food (her own muscle power)
Clothes drying on a washing line	The Sun (and the wind)
Windmills turning on the far hill	Wind
A solar panel fixed on a rooftop	The Sun
A water wheel standing in the canal	Flowing water
A boy charging his mobile phone at a socket indoors	Electricity
A girl drawing water from the handpump	Food (her arm pushes the handle)
A cow grazing on the grass	Food
Trees and crops growing green in the field	The Sun

NCERT Solutions for Class 5th The World Around Us Chapter 7 Energy All Around Us — Write