SST GRADE 5 Chapter 1 GLOBES And MAPS CBSE Syllabus CAMBRIDGE Grade 5 GEOGRAPHY SOCIAL STUDIES CBSE

1. By Jaisie Binoy
Grade 5
SST

2. What I Shall Learn
 About the shape of the Earth
 About how to use globes and maps
 About the need for shapes, symbols and colours on a
map

3. Have you seen a ship sailing
away towards the horizon?

4. What Do you think
happens to the ship
when it reaches the
horizon?
Does it DISAPPEAR?

5. Is This What Happens to the Ship?

6. NO!
In Fact the ship
gradually disappears
from our sight over
the horizon.
As you can see in
this image ,the ship
appears to become
smaller as it moves
further away from
our sight.

7.  This Vanishing ship tells us that the Earth is ROUND
and not FLAT!
 DID YOU KNOW that in ancient times people believed
that the earth was FLAT ???

8. Shape of the Earth
 FERDINAND MAGELLAN a
PORTUGUESE explorer, sailed around the
Earth and proved that the Earth is ROUND
in shape.
• But the Earth is not a perfect round. It
is round like an Orange, bulging at
the middle and slightly flat at the top
and the bottom.

9. EARTH
 The extreme north and
south points on earth are
called POLES.
 The region at the top of the
Earth is the NORTH POLE
 The region at the bottom of
the Earth is the SOUTH
POLE
 The Earth is tilted as shon
in the picture.

10. GLOBE
 It is a model of the Earth.
 It accurately shows the
distribution of the Continents
and the Oceans on the Earth.
 It is always mounted or fixed on
an axle stand.
 The axle’s tilt is exactly like the
tilt of the Earth’s axis.

11. Problems With The Globe
 It does not show details of
landforms, location of small
towns, etc.
 Does not show the entire
earth at the same time.
 Large globes are difficult to
handle.
 Difficult to carry around.

12. MAPS
 Represents the Earth.
 Drawing of different parts of the Earth on a flat
surface or paper.
 Maps show specific details of areas.
 Convenient to carry.

13. TYPES OF MAPS
 POLITICAL MAP – Shows political features
of a country , its states, capitals and major
towns.
•PHYSICAL MAP- Shows LANDFORMS and
WATER BODIES. Eg. Mountains, valleys, deserts,
plateaus lakes, rivers, seas.
•THEMATIC MAPS- Show special features of an
area like Rainfall, Vegetation, Mineral Deposits,
Location of Industries, etc.

14. SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
 Conventional Signs and Symbols. – Are the various
signs and symbols are used on the maps to show
different features.
 They show Rivers, Roadways, Railways, Temples,
Schools, etc.
 LEGEND /KEY – Present in every map.
 LEGEND /KEY – Help us to understand symbols
used on a map.

15. COLOURS ON A MAP
 Different colours are used depict different
Landforms and Water Bodies
 Green – Represents plain areas
 Yellow – Represents deserts
 Brown – Represents mountains and
highlands
 Blue – Represents oceans and other water
bodies.

16. DIRECTIONS ON A MAP
 They are Important for studying Maps.
 Used to correctly locate a place on a
map.
 FOUR MAIN DIRECTIONS
- NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST
 SUBDIRECTIONS ON A MAP-
- North East – between north and east.
- South East – between south and east.
- South West – between south and west.
- North West – between north and west.

17. SCALE ON A MAP
 It is a small ruler-like symbol on the right
side of a map.
 It is used because it is not possible to show actual distances
between places on a map.
 The scale shows the ratio between the distance on the map
and the real distance on the ground.