Class-5 EVS Worksheet on Chapter-4 Mangoes Round the Year

Chapter-4

Mangoes Round the Year

Match the given Food items with the simple methods by which these could be kept fresh for 1-2 days.

Food items	Methods
Milk	Wrap in a damp cloth.
Cooked rice	Boil it.
Green coriander (Dhania)	Keep it in a dry open place.
Onion, garlic	Put in a bowl and keep the bowl in a container with some water.

Ans-

Food items	Methods
Milk
Cooked rice
Green coriander (Dhania)
Onion, garlic

Fill up the blanks with the correct alternatives:

1-   We may become………. By eating spoilt food. (sick/healthy)

2-   We should carefully watch …………date before buying packaged food. (packed on/best before)

3-   A spoilt bread develops grey coloured…………on it. (vitamins/fungus)

4-   Papad, chutney, badiyan and sauce are the examples of ……..food. (preserved/ spoilt)

Colour the picture of mango. 

State whether these statements are True or False:

1-   Foods are preserved, so that we can enjoy them throughout the year. (________)

2-   Different kinds of food items spoil due to different reasons. (________)

3-   It is not useful to read and note the information given on the packets of food. (________)

4-   A bread which has developed mould or fungus can be consumed. (________)

Look in your kitchen and write down names of food items that

(a)   can get spoilt in 2-3 days

_____________________________

(b)   can be kept for a week    

_____________________________

(c) would not spoil till one month

_____________________________

Answer these questions:

Que- When food gets spoilt in your house, what do you do with it?

Ans- _____________________________

Que- How did Biji find that the bread had got spoilt?

Ans- _____________________________

Que- What can we know from what is written on the packet?

Ans- We can know about the following things from what is written on the packet:

1-    _____________________________

2-    _____________________________

3-    _____________________________

4-    _____________________________

5-    _____________________________

Que-When you buy anything from the market, what do you look for on the packet?

Ans-_____________________________

Que-Why is sugar and jaggery mixed into the mango pulp and dried in the sun?

Ans- _____________________________

Que- Why are glass jars and bottles are dried well in the sun before filling them with pickles?

Ans- _____________________________

Que- Write some ways to eat mangoes round the year.

Ans-_____________________________

List of all the different types of pickles that you know about.

Different types of pickles are listed below:

1-    _____________________________

2-    _____________________________

3-    _____________________________

4-    _____________________________

5-    _____________________________

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