AP SCERT

Based on Chapter 5, “Food Keeps us Fit and Healthy” from the Class 5 EVS textbook, here are the answers to the “Improve Your Learning” section.

I. Conceptual Understanding

1. What will happen if we do not eat food?

• If we do not eat food, we will feel tired, weak, and unable to work, play, or grow. Food provides the energy we need to stay alive and healthy.

2. Name the food items that can be eaten raw.

• Carrot, cucumber, onion, tomato.

3. What is the importance of food?

• Food gives us energy to work, play, and grow. It helps in maintaining good health and keeps us alive.

II. Questioning

4. What questions would you ask your mother to prepare Pulihora?

• What ingredients are needed to prepare Pulihora?

• How do you mix the tamarind paste with rice?

• How long should the rice be cooked?

III. Experiments and Field Observations

5. What do you observe after soaking greengram overnight?

• After soaking greengram overnight in a wet cloth, tiny sprouts start to grow from the seeds. This shows the seeds are alive and can germinate.

IV. Information Skills, Projects

6. Prepare a list of food you get from plants and animals in your area.

• From Plants: Rice, wheat, vegetables (brinjal, tomato), fruits (mango, apple), pulses (red gram, black gram).

• From Animals: Milk, eggs, meat, honey.

V. Drawing Pictures and Model Making

7. Draw your favourite fruits and vegetables.

(Students can draw their favorite fruits like mango, apple, and vegetables like carrot, brinjal.)

VI. Appreciation

8. What good food habits would you suggest to your friends?

• Wash hands before and after eating.

• Chew food well and eat slowly.

• Avoid wasting food.

• Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables.

9. Write two slogans on avoiding wastage of food.

• “Save food, save lives!”

• “Don’t waste food; share it with those in need.”

AP SCERT

Here are the answers to “Improve Your Learning” for the lesson “Animals Around Us.”

I. Conceptual Understanding

1. Tell and write the names of five pet animals.

• Dog, Cat, Rabbit, Parrot, Fish.

2. How do animals move from one place to another?

Animals move in different ways:

• Birds fly using wings.

• Fish swim using fins and tails.

• Snakes crawl using their body.

• Kangaroos hop using strong hind legs.

• Dogs and cows walk on four legs.

3. How can we help the animals and birds around us?

• Provide food and water to animals and birds.

• Avoid disturbing or harming their habitats.

• Protect them by keeping the environment clean and safe.

II. Questioning and Hypothesis

4. Who am I?

• A) I am long and shiny. I crawl and live in an anthill.

Answer: Snake.

• B) I live in water. I breathe with gills.

Answer: Fish.

• C) I have four legs. I give milk. I eat leaves.

Answer: Cow.

• D) I have wings. I fly high in the sky.

Answer: Bird.

III. Experiments and Field Observations

5. Some birds can fly, some birds cannot. Observe birds in your surroundings and categorize them under the proper headings.

IV. Information Skills – Project Work

6. Collect or draw pictures of two animals from each category and paste them.

V. Drawing Pictures and Model Making

7. Colour the pictures given below.

VI. Appreciation

8. Write three preventive measures to keep mosquitoes away.

• Avoid stagnant water to prevent mosquito breeding.

• Use mosquito nets or repellents while sleeping.

• Keep the surroundings clean and dispose of garbage properly.