Chapter 9

Cooking and Eating Habits

1. Make a list of food eaten by you in breakfast and lunch and in front of them write whether
they are eaten raw or cooked.

S.N Name of the food Eaten raw or cooked

1 Banana Raw
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2. I have plate full of food. There is a bowl of pulses, bowl of boiled vegetables, idlis , bowl of
salad, a piece of cake. Write down all this food in a table and in front of them write which
methods have been used for cooking it.

S.N Name of the food Method used for cooking

1 A bowl of pulses

3. Geeta loves to eat pakodas, chappatis and jalebis , State the method used for cooking the
food she loves to eat.
4. Make a chart listing different methods of cooking used by your mother and list the benefits
and disadvantages of the methods.
5. Correct the given statements
a) We must not wash the food items before they are eaten.
b) Uncooked food is germ free and safe to eat.
c) Food can be cooked by freezing it in water for some time.
d) Steaming increases the duration of cooking.
e) Foods like idli and dhokla cannot be prepared by steaming.
f) Baking is usually done in a freezer.
g) Pakodas and jalebis are made by baking.
h) Chappatis are usually made by indirect heating over flame.
i) Different cooking methods require utensils of the same type.
6. Why are milk boiled before consuming?
7. How can we obtain steam for cooking?
8. Name the one of the oldest method of cooking.
9. Define the following terms
a) Baking
b) Ingredients
c) Preservation
10. What is the need to cook food?
 11. Before the discovery of fire in what form was the food consumed ?
12. Why should the cooking be done carefully?
13. Complete the following
a) Cooking makes food soft, tasty and ______________.
b) Too much cooking can destroy many of the nutrients ___________.
c) Carrot and radish are often eaten raw as are good _____________.
d) Food can be cooked __________.
e) A__________________ are often used for boiling.
f) A ____________ can be used for steaming.
g) Cakes, biscuits and breads are made by __________.
h) ____________ is not very healthy method of cooking food.
i) _______________ is one of the oldest methods of cooking.
j) ____________ are often cooked by direct heating on fire.
14. Why is steaming considered a healthy method of cooking?
15. The student should visit the kitchen of his mother and make a list of utensils present in the
kitchen and also state the cooking method they are used for.
16. How is frying of food done?
17. What are the different foods prepared by boiling?
18. Which kind of cooking methods make food easy to digest?
19. How is direct heating different from indirect heating?
20. List the different methods of cooking food and give 2 examples of food prepared by the
mentioned method.

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 Chapter 10

Water

1. Make a chart showing at least three daily activities in our life that require water.
2. Look around the place you live and list the major sources of water.
3. Name the two natural sources of water. State whether both natural sources are present in
the area you live.
4. In which time of the year does your area get rain. Note down the changes rain can bring
about in the area and different animals and plants.
5. Correct the given statements
a) About half the surface of earth is covered with water.
b) Picnic spots are often developed away from lakes and river.
c) River, lakes, ponds and well get water mainly from ocean.
d) Rain is the least important natural source of water.
e) Plants look pale and less green after rainfall.
f) We get purified water at home through the hand pump.
g) Rivers are not useful source of energy.
h) A dam stores air in it.
i) During summer, a part of snow melts and changes into water vapour.
j) Water is not essential for all living beings.
6. Name the living things where you can find water.
7. Name the sources of water in cities and villages other than tap.
8. Define the following terms
a) Ground water
b) Dam
c) Irrigation
d) Hydroelectricity
9. Why are the picnic spots developed near lakes and rivers?
10. From where do the lakes, rivers and ponds get their water?
11. Complete the following statements
a) Water is present in fruits,__________, leaves , flowers, ______ and even in our breath.
b) Water is drawn from underground with the help of __________.
c) Lake, ponds, wells, rivers, seas and oceans cover a very ____________ of the earth.
d) __________ is the most important source of water.
e) In many places_____________ is purified for drinking.
f) On a rainy day you might see a ________ merrily dancing.
g) The _________ falls as small white cotton like flakes.
h) When snow melts into water it flows down ___________ into rivers and ________.
i) __________ and _____________ are the rivers of northern India
j) India has _______________ in the east.
k) River water is sometimes diverted into______________ to be used for irrigating fields.
l) A dam ___________ river __________ in it.
m) The longest river of the world is the __________ in Egypt.
n) Trees, roofs of houses and the hills get covered with___________ in winters in hill
stations.
12. I visited Shimla on 31 December last year and when I had looked around, I had found
everything was covered with a white sheet. Name the substance that forms the white sheet.
b) What will happen to this sheet during summer?
13. Why are dam made across the rivers?
14. Name any 2 rivers of north India and the places located on its bank.
15. India is surrounded by oceans and seas on south ,east and west , justify this by naming them
16. Take a map of India and locate 2 rivers in the north and south India.
17. How does the Snow act as source of water?
18. How is water stored in dam used to generate electricity?
19. What is the natural source of irrigation for crops?
20. How does the rain help the plants to look greener and fresh?
21. List down three dams in India and the rivers along which they are constructed.
22. Write a paragraph on how rain affects plants, animals and the environment in your area.