BHARTIYAM VIDYA NIKETAN

EVS (Class I )
Chapter -3 (My Needs: Food
We Eat)

❖ Info corner :- Milk is called complete food as it contains almost all the food
nutrients.
❖ Net search :- People/animal who only eat food that we get from plants …………..
❖ Activity :-1) Draw /paste five things you have for lunch and dinner.[page no. 21]

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❖ Key words :-meal, breakfast, lunch, dinner, healthy, raw, salad, products, basic,
balanced diet, needy, vegetables, pulses, nourishment, cereals, nutrients
❖ Define/ Explain:
1. Nutrients – Substances that give us nourishment.
2. Breakfast – The meal that we take in the morning.
3. Lunch – The meal that we take in the afternoon..
4. Dinner – The meal that we take at night.

❖ Answer in brief: -
Q.1. Why do we need food?
Ans. We all need food to live and grow.
Q.2. Name three food items we get from plants.
Ans. We get fruits, vegetables and cereals from plants.
Q.3. What is a balanced diet?
Ans. A balanced diet is the diet which contains all the nutrients.
Q.4. Write three food items we get from animals.
Ans. We get egg, milk, meat, etc from animals.
Q.5. Name three food items a growing child needs.
Ans. Egg, milk, curd are the three items that a growing child needs.
❖ Question bank: -
Q.1 What will happen if you eat lot of junk food?
Ans. If we will eat lot of junk food our body will become lazy.
Q.2. From where do we get food?
Ans. We get good from plants and animals.
Q.3. Name the three types of meal.
Ans. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are the three meals we have every day.

❖ Home-work:-
1. Copy keywords thrice (draw columns)
2. Solve the Assignment -3
3. Read the chapter

Assignment – 3
❖ Answer in one word:
1. The food that we eat at one time. ___________
 2. The food we eat without cooking. ___________
3. Grains like wheat, rice, etc. ___________

❖ Give two examples each of food items:

1. Vegetables __________ _________
2. Fruits __________ _________
3. Milk products __________ __________
4. Food we get from plants __________ __________
5. Food we get from animals __________ _________

❖ Cross the odd one out:

1. Cold drink pizza milk shake juice milk
2. egg meat milk chicken apple
3. papaya orange grapes potatoes watermelon
4. pizza burger chips vegetables momos
❖ Correct the underlined words and write.

1. We get honey from cow.

2. Payasam is prepared on Holi.
3. Pizza, burgers and chips are healthy food.
4. We eat six meal in a day.
5. We take our lunch at night.