Food We Eat Class 3 EVS Question Answer

Food We Eat Class 3 Questions and Answers Solutions

EVS Class 3 Chapter 8 Food We Eat Question Answer

Draw (Page 100)

Question 1.
Draw pictures of your favourite homemade food dishes and name them.

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Find Out (Page 101)

Question 1.
Talk to the elders in your family and discuss in the class. Why do we need to eat and drink?
Answer:
We need to eat and drink to get energy for doing various activities.

Discuss (Page 103)

Question 1.
Why do we need to eat healthy food?
Answer:
Healthy food provides all types of nutrition to our body. These nutritions keep us fit and strong.

Activity-2 (Page 103)

Question 1.
Tick the food items you eat regularly from the pictures given below.

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Question 2.
Which foods above do you think should be part of a balanced diet?
Answer:
Vegetables, salad, fruits, rice, paneer, dal, roti and milk should be part of a balanced diet.

Find Out (Page 104)

Question 1.
Make a list of fruits and vegetables available and special food items that are prepared in the summer and in the winter.

Answer:

Summer	Winter
Watermelon	Guava
Mango	Peas
Ladyfinger	Carrot
Litchi	Cabbage
Lassi	Tomato Soup
Kulfi, Ice-cream	Gajar Ka Halwa
Coconut Burfi	Til Laddu
Mango-shake	Sarso ka Saag

(Page 105)

Question 1.
Name these drinks in your language.

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Question 2.
How often do you drink water?
Answer:
Healthy people can stay hydrated by drinking water and other fluids whenever they feel thirsty.

Question 3.
Where does food come from?
Answer:
Food comes from plants.

Find Out (Page 105)

Question 1.
Do you know which foods are grown in the fields? Write a few names of such crops.
Answer:
Wheat, rice, maize, sugarcane, pulses, vegetables, ragi, and bajra crops are grown in the field.

Question 2.
Discuss and write down in what form some of these foods are cooked.
Answer:
Wheat flour is cooked in various forms like chapatis and bread. Rice grains are boiled and steamed. Bajra and Ragi are cooked as porridge. Chopped vegetables are boiled or steamed.

(Page 106)

Question 1.
We eat different parts of plants. Some examples are given below. Put a tick (✔) against the items that you eat.


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Puzzle Time (Page 107)

Question 1.
Two of our most commonly used ingredients are neither obtained from plants nor from animals. Name at least one of these ingredients.
Answer:
Water and common salt are commonly used ingredients which are neither obtained from plants nor from animals.

Question 2.
Would you share your food with your friend if your friend does not bring lunch?
Answer:
Yes, I would share my lunch.

Let us Reflect (Page 108)

A. Discuss

Question 1.
Why do we need different kinds of food?
Answer:
We need different kinds of food to have a strong and healthy body.

Question 2.
Why do we eat seasonal foods?
Answer:
Seasonal foods contain the nutrients that are essential for a healthy body during that particular season, thereby fulfilling our body’s requirements.

Question 3.
How can you tell if a food is healthy or unhealthy?
Answer:
Different kinds of vegetables and fruits, whole grains, pulses and nuts are healthy food. Whereas food that comes in packages, have excess sugar or salt or oil and have artificial colours or flavours are unhealthy food.

Question 4.
Why is it important to avoid wasting food? Can you think of some ways to reduce food waste at home?
Answer:
Growing food requires a lot of labour and water. It is a gift from nature for our survival. If we waste food, we waste the natural resources and the gift of nature that has been given to us. Ways to reduce food waste at home are:

• Do not buy too much perishables.
• Store leftover food in refrigerator for another day.
• Do not cook too much quantity of food.

B. Write

Question 1.
List the fruits and vegetables eaten in your family.
Answer:

1. Fruits: Mango, papaya, banana, guava, apple, pineapple, melon, watermelon, pomegranate, pear, chikoo.
2. Vegetables: Potato, tomato, onion, bottlegourd, ladyfinger, carrot, ginger, cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, coriander, methi, radish, brinjal, peas, bean and many more.

Question 2.
Write the recipe of your favourite dish.
Answer:
My favourite dish is ‘Bhelpuri’. To make Bhelpuri, we take the following ingredients:

• 2 cups puffed rice
• 1 cup of boiled and diced potatoes
• 1 cup of diced onions
• 1 cup of diced tomatoes
• 2 spoons of tamarind chutney
• ½ spoon of green chutney
• ½ cup roasted peanuts
• 2 spoons chopped coriander
• Salt to taste

Mix all the ingredients in a big bowl. Add the tamarind and green chutney and mix well. Sprinkle salt and chopped coriander on top. Yummy Bhelpuri is ready to eat.

Question 3.
Write a name of a food item that includes both plant and animal based ingredients. For example, lassi includes yogurt/curd which is prepared from milk (animal based ingredient) and sugar which is prepared from sugarcane (a plant based ingredient).
Answer:
‘Kheer’, Kheer includes milk which is animal based ingredient and sugar and rice. Sugar and rice both are plant based ingredients.

C. Draw

Question 1.
Draw three plates or thalis with various food items in your notebook.
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Question 2.
In these plates draw and label food items that you eat in the morning, afternoon and at night.
Answer:
In Morning

In Afternoon

In Night

D. Eating together

Bring any fruit to the class. Prepare a fruit chaat or salad with the help of your teacher. Share it with your friends.
Answer:
Do yourself.

E. Think

Imagine you suddenly have a guest visiting your home. What kind of food would you serve them and why?
Answer:
When guests visit suddenly, I would serve simple, easy to prepare and light foods that can be made quickly like tea, juice, dried fruits, fruit salad, bhelpuri and vegetable pulao. I choose these food items because these items are easy to digest, refreshing and have less preparation time.

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