Class V EVS Mangoes Round the Year

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Class 5 EVS
Chapter 4 Mangoes Round the Year

1.Fill in the blanks:

(a) Chittibabu and Chinnababu live in ___________.
(b) The small town of Andhra Pradesh, where they live is __________.
2.True or false:
(a) They spend their summer holidays playing in the mango garden.
(b) They like eating unripe mangoes with salt and chilly powder.
3.One-word answer:
(a) Name a food item your mother cooks with unripe mangoes.
(b) Name the dish which is made by both brothers in the chapter.
4.Do you like mango ice-cream? Name the mango dish you like the most.

Image: Mango Ice cream

5.Look at the image below and answer, How do we know that bread has got
spoiled?

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Image: Spoiled bread

6.What will happen to us if we eat spoilt food items?
7.Mention any two differences between food spoilage and the wastage of
food.
8.Name any two food items that can be kept for one month.
9.What kind of information do we see on the packet?
10. Do sugar and salt help in food preservation? Write some methods of
food preservation.

Image: Salt and Sugar

11.Write a condition in which food spoils quickly.

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12.Write some factors which cause food spoilage.

13.Name the season in which food spoils quickly.
14.Name the season in which food does not spoil quickly.
15.Name the picture given below.

Image: Food items in refrigerator

16.Name food items that can get spoilt in 2-3 days.
17.How can we preserve Milk from spoilage?
18.How can we preserve onion and garlic from spoilage?
19.How can we preserve our dry food items from insects with natural
ingredients?
20.Identify the picture.

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Image: Mango pickle

Answers
1.
(a) Chittibabu and chinnababu live in a small town in Andhra Pradesh
(b) The small town of Andhra Pradesh, where they live is Atreyapuram.
2.
(a) True
(b) True
3.
(a) Mango pickle.
(b) Mamidi tandra
4.Yes, I like mango ice cream very much. The dish I like the most is mango
shake.
5.The green patches on the bread and the expiry date indicate that the bread has
got spoilt.
6.When we eat spoilt food, we fall sick. Spoiled food contains microbes that
affect our bodies adversely.

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7.

Food Spoilage Wastage of food

When any food item smells terrible and tastes

It is the leftover food.
awful, it's food spoilage.

It cannot be given to anyone, as it causes people to It can be given to the

get sick. needed person.

8.The two food items we can keep for one month are jams and pickles.
9.We see essential information on the packet of items such as manufacturing
date, expiry date, ingredients, price, quantity, etc.

Image: Information on a food packet

10.Yes. Some methods of preservation are given below.
• Adding oil, salt, and vinegar- Adding oil, salt, and vinegar to the pickles
help them to preserve for a long time.
• Canning- Storing food in air-tight containers keeps food preserved from
moisture and getting spoilt.
• Refrigerating- keeping fruits and vegetables in the fridge preserve them
for a short period.

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11. Food spoils, when we do not heat them, such as Milk, and do not keep them
in cool places, such as fruits, etc.
12.Various factors cause food spoilage.
• Humidity
• Temperature
• Bacteria and fungi
13. The amount of moisture in the rainy season increases, leading to food
spoilage. Similarly, the high temperature in the summer season leads to food
spoilage.
14.The season in which food does not get spoilt quickly is the winter season.
This is because the cold temperature does not allow bacteria and microbes to
grow in considerable amounts.
15.This is a picture of a refrigerator, which keeps our food fresh and cool.
16. The food items that can get spoilt in 2-3 days are boiled rice, curries, Milk,
and bread.
17. We can preserve Milk from spoilage by boiling it 2-3 times in summer or
refrigerating it.

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Image: Boiling milk

18. We can preserve onion and garlic by storing them in a well-ventilated large
basket in a cool and dry place.
19. We can preserve our dry food items, such as rice, dry lentils, etc., from
insects by placing 2-3 cloves and some dried neem leaves in the container.
20.This is a picture of mango pickle.

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