Environmental Science for Grade 4
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Worksheet PDF on Types of houses, Lesson on Types of house for class IV, Houses
in different region for class 4, Houses in cold region, Igloos, Wooden House,
Houses hot and dry region, Mud and clay house, Brick House, Houses in hot and
wet region, Huts, Stilt House, Temporary house, Tents, Tipi, Tepee, Teepee,
Caravan, House boat, Types of houses worksheet PDF for grade IV, Practice page
on types house for grade 4, We need a house, Our home, House we live in for
fourth grade. Why caravan is called the house on
wheel? Why
people build house on stilt in some region?
Types of Houses
People live in different kind of
houses. Many people keep on moving from one place to another. Some people live
in temporary house or some in permanent house; some people live in pucca house
or some in kutcha house. The houses we live in protect us from heat, rain,
wind, dust and animals. We built different kind of houses in different region
depending on the climate of that region.
Houses in
Different Regions
Houses in cold
regions
Igloos
Some region such as Arctic region
and Polar Region are completely covered with snow and are extremely cold.
People in that region built house by using block of snow generally in the form
dome shape. Dome shape helps to keep the place warm from inside. Igloo is also
referred as snow house.
People living in the Arctic regions
of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska are known as Inuit. Inuit is a plural noun and
Inuk is the singular noun.
Wooden houses
In cold and forested region of
America, people build wooden houses or log cabins. Wood is used as they are
available in plenty and acts as wonderful interior humidity and temperature
regulator. Wood is a good insulator and helps to keep the house cool in the
summer and warm in the winter.
Hot and Dry
Regions
Mud/Clay houses
Mud are used with material such as
straw, sticks etc. to construct the house. People living in hot and dry
climates built mud houses. This type of house is found in Mexico.
Brick Houses
The Egyptians, living in the hot and
dry regions of Egypt, baked mud bricks. These baked bricks were stronger. The
houses of Egypt were probably the first houses to be built of bricks. Brick
replaces the mud and straw and are made of clay and molded, dried or fired.
Now-a-days most of the houses in cities are made of bricks.
Houses in the
hot and wet regions
Huts
People living in hot and wet climate
of Africa used to build huts. They use grass, leaves and vines which are found
in plenty in that region. These types of
houses are built in villages. Mud wall and straw roof keeps house cool in
summer.
Other Types of
House
Stilt House
This type of houses is mostly found
in region with heavy rain and frequent flood. These houses are raised on stilts
(legs) over the surface of the soil, so that house remains protected from the
flood water. This type of house is common in some part of South East Asia and
West Africa.
Temporary House
These can be built for vacations and
camping. These types of houses are often built by fisherman along the coastal
areas using wood or coconut leaves. People now a days use better material to
build modern temporary house.
Tents – Tents are used for holiday
camping. Modern day tents are made of water proof materials, like canvas cloth
or nylon.
Tipi or Tepee or Teepee – It is
conical tent made of animal skin or birch bark and was popular among the Red
Indians in America.
Caravan
House on wheels is called Caravans.
Caravan may be pulled by an animal or by car or truck. People move from one
place to another and live in caravans.
House Boat
House boats are floating house on
water bodies like lake. They vary in size, some are small and some are big (two
storey). Some people use it for vacation purpose and some live permanently in
the boat. These are found in places such as Hong Kong, Holland etc.
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