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CBSE · Class 3 · Science

Food We Eat

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks · Time: 54 minutes

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Show your working for Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
Salt and water are foods that come from:
  1. animals
  2. both plants and animals
  3. plants
  4. neither plants nor animals
2.
How does honey taste?
  1. salty
  2. spicy
  3. sweet
  4. bitter
3.
When we eat guava, which part of the plant do we eat?
  1. seed
  2. stem
  3. root
  4. fruit
4.
Which of these drinks keeps us cool in summer?
  1. tender coconut water
  2. steaming hot milk
  3. hot lentil soup
  4. hot vegetable stew
5.
Which of these is a HEALTHY food?
  1. a packet of chips every day
  2. fried snacks all day
  3. sprouts
  4. instant noodles for every meal
6.
Which of these foods comes from an ANIMAL?
  1. wheat
  2. sugar
  3. an egg
  4. spinach
7.
Shirin drinks 7 glasses of water every day. How many glasses does she drink in 9 days?
  1. 70 glasses
  2. 16 glasses
  3. 63 glasses
  4. 56 glasses
8.
One banana costs ₹10. How much do 7 bananas cost?
  1. ₹80
  2. ₹17
  3. ₹70
  4. ₹60
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Why do we need to eat and drink?
10.
Write the taste (sweet, sour, bitter, spicy or salty): (a) a green chilli (b) black pepper
11.
Does it come from a "plant" or an "animal"? (a) cheese (b) sugar
12.
Which part of the plant do we eat? (a) spinach (b) cabbage
13.
Mother makes 20 rotis for 4 people and shares them equally. How many rotis does each person get?
14.
For a fruit chaat, the class brought 9 apples, 2 bananas and 5 guavas. How many fruits did they bring?
15.
One jug of nimbu pani fills 5 glasses. How many glasses will 8 jugs fill?
16.
A family cooked 11 idlis and ate 8. How many idlis are left to share with neighbours?
Section C — Word problems4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Draw a thali with a balanced lunch. Label each food on it.
18.
At the market, tomatoes cost ₹20 a kilogram and a dozen bananas costs ₹60. Mother buys 3 kg of tomatoes and a dozen bananas. (a) How much does she spend? (b) She pays with a ₹200 note. How much does she get back?
19.
Each of the 25 children in a class brings 2 pieces of fruit for a fruit chaat. (a) How many pieces of fruit are there? (b) Why is it good to make and share food together?
20.
Sort these into plant foods and animal foods: sugar, spinach, cheese, rice, ghee, honey. Then name one more of each.
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QAnswerWorking
1(d) neither plants nor animals—
2(c) sweet—
3(d) fruit—
4(a) tender coconut water—
5(c) sprouts—
6(c) an egg—
7(c) 63 glasses7 × 9 = 63
8(c) ₹707 × 10 = 70
9Food gives us energy to work and play, helps us grow and keeps us healthy; water keeps the body working.—
10(a) spicy (b) spicy—
11(a) animal (b) plant—
12(a) leaf (b) leaf—
135 rotis20 ÷ 4 = 5
1416 fruits9 + 2 + 5 = 16
1540 glasses5 × 8 = 40
163 idlis11 − 8 = 3
17A thali with a grain, a pulse, vegetables, curd or milk, and fruit, all labelled.—
18(a) ₹120 (b) ₹803 × 20 + 60 = 120; 200 − 120 = 80
19(a) 50 pieces (b) We share, everyone gets a mix of healthy fruits, and nothing is wasted.25 × 2 = 50
20Plant: sugar, spinach, rice. Animal: cheese, ghee, honey. Plus one more correct example of each.—