The chapter “Foods We Eat” is Chapter 5 from Let’s Look Around and Learn Environmental Studies Class 3rd for students of JKBOSE and NCERT. This particular post is about Foods We Eat Class 3rd EVS Question Answers. In the last post, you have gone through Our First School Class 3rd Question Answers. Let’s get started with this post:
Foods We Eat Class 3rd EVS Question Answers
Introduction
Chapter 5 Foods We Eat is about Food items that we eat. Food plays a very important part in the existence of all living things. Food gives us energy to do work and other functions of life.
Class 3rd EVS Chapter 5 Question Answers
Write Page No. 28
- What did you eat yesterday? Write it on the plate given above.
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- Now on the blackboard write the names of all the food items that you have written on your plate.
Ans. Rice, Dal, Chapatti, Salad, Chatni, Pickle. (Students have to write what they ate the previous day)
- Did all the children in the class eat the same food items yesterday? Why?
Ans. No, they ate different food items because they come from different families. They may be even from different regions of our country.
Discuss Page No. 28
- You must have noticed that in the picture given on page 27 there is one child in whose house no food was cooked. What could be the reason?
Ans. There may several possible reasons for this:
The child’s family may be too poor to afford two meals in a day.
Her mother could be sick and hence could not cook a meal.
There may be no food items in the home.
Narrate/Tell Page No. 28
- Has it ever happened to you that someday you were very hungry but there was nothing to eat? If yes, why?
Ans. Yes, one day we ran short of the gas cylinder so my mother was unable to cook anything. So, I have to order food from the market.
- How do you know that you are hungry?
Ans. When we get a feeling that our stomach is empty, we are hungry.
- How do you feel when you are hungry?
Ans. We became restless when we are hungry. We feel like eating something.
Discuss Page No. 30
a) Why was Dadi not able to climb the stairs quickly?
Ans. Dadi was not able to climb the stairs quickly because she became too old.
b) How does Dadi like to have her dal?
Ans. Dadi likes to have some sugar in her dal.
c) Mow many persons in the story can eat bhutta easily and why?
Ans. Vipul, his mother and his mami in the story can eat bhutta easily because they are young and have healthy teeth.
d) Can all old people eat bhutta? Why?
Ans. No, all the old people cannot eat bhutta because they usually have weak teeth and gums.
e) For four months Chhutki will have only her mother’s milk. That is her only food. Why?
Ans. Four-month-old babies do not have teeth. So, her mother’s milk is her only diet and it is the best food for her.
Find Out/Write Page No. 30
Ask your elders and fill in the table.
What they can eat | What they can’t eat | |
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Child | ||
Young | ||
Old |
Ans.
What they can eat | What they can’t eat | |
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Child | Milk, Porridge, Dal, Sweets, Oats, Khichdi, Soft fruits | Chapatti, Hard fruits, Bhutta, Poori, |
Young | Young people can eat every edible thing because they have strong teeth | |
Old | Rice, Dal, Curry, Chapatti soaked in dal or milk, Khichdi, | They cannot eat hard fruits or dry fruits, nuts, or bhutta. Also, they cannot eat highly oily food items. |
Write Page No. 30
- Put a circle on the things that you eat often:
Rice, wheat, barley, oats, maize, millet, beans, jowar |
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- Find out where each of these things is eaten more.
Rice | Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala |
Wheat | Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh |
Barley | Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh |
Oats | Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh |
Maize | Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Maharashtra. |
Millet | Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab |
Beans | Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand and Karnataka |
Jowar | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu |
Ans.
Rice | Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala |
Wheat | Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh |
Barley | Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh |
Oats | Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh |
Maize | Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Maharashtra. |
Millet | Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab |
Beans | Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand and Karnataka |
Jowar | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu |
Find Out/Write Page No. 31
We not only eat different things but we also use the same things to prepare a variety of food items. Find out and write what all can be prepared from rice and wheat.
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Write Page No. 31
Likes and Dislikes
- Write the names of three food items you like to eat and three that you dislike.
Like —————— —————— ——————
Dislike —————— —————— ——————
Ans. Like: Biryani, Gulabjamun, Mutton, Rajmah
Dislike: Capsicum, Brinjal, Pumpkin, Porridge (daliya)
- Are your likes and dislikes similar to that of
a) Your family members?
b) Your friends?
Ans. My likes and dislikes are similar to my family members but they are different from my friends.
- What are the reasons that decide what we eat? Put a (/) on them. Add to the list.
What is easily available?
What we can buy?
Customs and traditions.
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What is easily available? (ü)
What we can buy? (ü)
Customs and traditions. (ü)
Whether we like it or not. (ü)
The freshness of the food item. (ü)
Easily digestible. (ü)
Write Page No. 32
Names of some things are given below. Put a circle on the things that can be eaten. If you are not sure about anything you may ask your teacher.
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- Write the names of some food items that you have never eaten before but feel like eating.
Ans. I have never eaten food items like Leaves of arvi, Chapatti made of bajra atta, Lotus stem, Amla but I feel like eating them.
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