NCERT solutions for Environmental Studies - Looking Around [English] Class 5 chapter 21 - Like Father, Like Daughter [Latest edition]

Ashima sneezed just like her father. Do you have any such habit or trait which is similar to that of someone in your family? What is it? Whom is it similar to?

Does your face or anything else look similar to that of someone else in your family? What is it?

Did someone tell you this or did you find it out yourself?

How do you feel when people compare you with someone else in your family? Why do you feel so?

Who laughs the loudest in your family? Laugh like that person.

Make a list of all the family members from Nilima’s Nani to little Samir. How are they all related to Nilima? Write.

In your family are there any such examples of uncle-nephew or brother-sisters, where there is a big difference in the age? Find out from your elders.

Does Nilima have curly hair like her nani’s? Now you look for some special trait in your sister or brother (could also be cousins). Like the color of eyes, dimples in cheeks, height, broad or sharp nose, voice, etc. See if this trait comes from the father’s side or the mother’s side. Make this table in your notebook and fill it. An example is given.

How tall do you think you will be when you grow up? Is anyone else in your family of the same height?

Measure the height of your family members and write it down.

Have you seen a very young child in your (or any other) family? Whom does the child’s eyes, nose, hair, or fingers look like in the family? Write their names.

Nimila’s hair is like her Nani's - thick and curly. Nilima’s mother has straight, brown, and limp hair? What type of hair do you have - black or brown, oily or dry?

What is the color of your hair? Measure and write the length of your hair.

Is your hair like that of anyone else in your family? If yes, then name the person.

Measure the hair of other members of your family.

Who has the longest hair in your family?

How many people do you know whose hair is longer than one meter? Does having long hair run in their family?

Do you know how to measure your height? Measure yourself from head to toe and write how tall you are.

What is similar between Saroja and Suvasini? What is different?

Do you know any twins? What is similar in them? How are they different?

Do you know of twins who don't look the same?

Do this interesting survey in your class. Write how many children can do this :

1. Without touching your teeth fold your tongue towards the back of your mouth.

2. Roll your tongue by lifting it from the sides.

3. Open all the toes of your feet. Now without moving the others, move the little toe.

4. Touch the thumb to your wrist.

5. Make a ‘V’ by separating two fingers of your hand to each side.

6. Move your ears, without holding them.

Those children who could do any of these should ask their family members also to do so. So, how many children have got this trait from their family?

Have you read or heard anything about polio? Where?

Have you read or heard any news about ‘pulse polio’? What?

Do you know of anyone who has polio?

Are there people in your house who talk loudly? Is it their habit, or they cannot also hear very well?

Are there times when you do not talk loudly in front of some people? When? With whom? Why? When can you speak loudly?

Some people use a machine in their ears to help them hear better. Some use a stick or spectacles to help them in other ways. Do you know someone who does so?

Talk to people who cannot hear very well. Find out if they had this problem from birth. When did they start to have a problem with hearing? What difficulties do they face?

What do you think - what all is a part of you that you got from your mother’s side?