NCERT Solutions for Class 5th The World Around Us Chapter 9 Rhythms of Nature

About this chapter

Everything around us keeps changing. Look at the four trees on page 148. They are the same tree drawn four times — full green, then yellow with leaves falling, then covered in orange flowers, then bare. Some changes are slow, like a tree growing tall or a hill wearing down. Some are quick, like a cloud crossing the sun or a soap bubble bursting. You yourself changed between Grade 3 and Grade 5 — you grew taller, your handwriting improved, you made new friends. Some changes come back again and again. Day turns into night, and night turns back into day. Leaves fall and grow again. Flowers bloom, dry up and bloom again. A change that repeats in the same order, over and over, is called a rhythm — a pattern in nature. This chapter is about two such rhythms: the rhythm of a day and the rhythm of

• Saba and Aparna meet after a year
• How long does a change take?
• Changes Around Us in a Day (Day and Night)
• Day and Night
• Study the globe
• Bringing a whole year of observations onto one chart
• Discovering Seasons
• The six seasons and their months
• How does a change of season feel?
• The same season, different places