10. Q 3-To clean their spectacles, people often breathe out on glasses to make them wet. Explain why the glasses become wet. Ans-During exhalation (or breathing out), carbon dioxide is released along with water vapors. If one breathes out onto glass, the released water vapors collide with the surface of the glass, thereby making it cooler. As a result, the water vapors present in the air surrounding the glass condense and get attached to the glass surface. Consequently, the glass becomes wet. Q 4-How are clouds formed? Ans-Clouds are formed by the process of evaporation and condensation. Water from the oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, plants, fields, and other land surfaces evaporates, gets into air, and rises up in the atmosphere. At a certain height when the air becomes cooler, water vapor contained in air condenses. On condensation, these form water droplets. These water droplets collect and float in air as clouds.
11. Q 4-When does a drought occur? Ans-A drought occurs if there is no rainfall for a long time. Usually, water lost by soil due to evaporation is retuned to it by rains. But no rainfall occurs for a long time, it leads to a decrease in the water level of various ponds and wells. This leads to the condition of drought.
12. Fill in the blanks The process of changing water into its vapor state is called evaporation. The process of changing water vapor into water is called condensation No rainfall for a year or more may lead to drought in the region. Excessive rains may cause floods .
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14. Water cycle The path that water follows as it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and returns to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. After the sun's heat dried up the pond, water from rain filled it back up, completing its journey through the water cycle.
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17. Rain water harvesting One way of increasing the availability of water is to collect rainwater and store it for later use. Collecting rainwater in this way is called rainwater harvesting
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