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Class 3 The World Around Us

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  • So many kinds of plants
  • The parts of a plant
  • Animals living around plants
  • We need each other
  • Water — a precious gift
  • The food we eat
  • Staying healthy and happy
  • This world of things
  • Making things
  • Taking charge of waste

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Class 3 The World Around Us · 1 of 10

So many kinds of plants

Sort the plants around you into trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses, climbers and creepers, using the stem as the thing you look at first.

Before you start

Four plants side by side, and the name of each kind.

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  1. 1. Tree
  2. 2. Shrub
  3. 3. Herb
  4. 4. Climber

Look at where the woody part is. The tree keeps its wood in one tall trunk, the shrub splits it between several short stems, the herb has none, and the climber leans its thin stem on the pole beside it.

  1. 1.What does the chapter say makes bamboo an unusual grass?

    • a) Its stems turn into wood as a tree's do
    • b) It has no leaves
    • c) It grows along the ground instead of upwards
    • d) It stays alive for longer than a single year

  2. 2.Which of these plants does the chapter picture among the shrubs?

    • a) Tulsi
    • b) Mint
    • c) Coconut
    • d) Bamboo

  3. 3.Sort these plants into trees, shrubs and herbs.

    Groups: Tree · Shrub · Herb

    • Mint
    • Hibiscus
    • Coriander
    • Mango
    • Tulsi
    • Banyan

  4. 4.Paddy, wheat, bajra, jowar and ragi are grains we eat. The chapter says they are the seeds of what?

    • a) Ground creepers
    • b) Woody shrubs
    • c) Small trees
    • d) Large grasses

  5. 5.Raj says the mint and tomato plants at home have soft green stems. What does the chapter call plants like that?

    • a) Trees
    • b) Shrubs
    • c) Creepers
    • d) Herbs

  6. 6.Match each group of plants to what its stem is like.

    • Tree
    • Herb
    • Creeper
    • thin and bendy, spreading along the ground
    • soft and green, and it does not turn woody
    • thick and woody, and there is one of it

  7. 7.A plant with a thin stem that grows upwards by holding on to another plant for support has a name. What is it?

  8. 8.These plants have thin bendy stems. Sort them the way the chapter's own pictures group them.

    Groups: Climber · Creeper

    • Money plant
    • Bottle gourd
    • Watermelon
    • Pumpkin
    • Jasmine

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Class 3 The World Around Us · 2 of 10

The parts of a plant

Name the parts of a plant on a labelled drawing, say which of them sits under the soil, and notice how leaves, bark and fruit differ from one plant to the next.

Before you start

The parts of a tomato plant, and the name of each one.

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  1. 1. Flower
  2. 2. Fruit
  3. 3. Leaf
  4. 4. Stem
  5. 5. Roots

The red tomato is the fruit and the yellow bloom is the flower — on a real plant the flower comes first, and the fruit grows where the flower was.

  1. 1.The hard outer covering of a tree's trunk has a short name. What is it?

  2. 2.In the labelled drawing, which part joins the roots below the soil to the leaves and fruit above it?

    • a) The seed
    • b) The flower
    • c) The stem
    • d) The bark

  3. 3.In the chapter's drawing of the tomato plant, sort each part by where it is drawn.

    Groups: Above the soil · Below the soil

    • Stem
    • Fruit
    • Roots
    • Flower
    • Leaf

  4. 4.In the bark-rubbing activity, the class collects the papers and shuffles them. What are they then trying to do?

    • a) Decide which rubbing is the prettiest
    • b) Measure how thick each trunk was
    • c) Name the tree each rubbing came from, using its pattern
    • d) Count the leaves on each tree

  5. 5.Raj watched the jamun fruits ripen on the tree. Put the three colours in the order he saw them.

    • Red
    • Green
    • Purple

  6. 6.How does the chapter describe the flowers of Raj's jamun tree?

    • a) Long and purple
    • b) Large and yellow
    • c) Small and blue
    • d) Tiny and white

  7. 7.Tap the part of this tomato plant that grows under the soil.

    Write the number of the part.

    12345

  8. 8.Tap the round part on the right of this plant — the one we pick and eat, with its little green cap still on.

    Write the number of the part.

    12345

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Class 3 The World Around Us · 3 of 10

Animals living around plants

Work out which part of a plant an animal is using and what for, and know what soil is made of and who lives in it.

Before you start

The places on one tree where an animal could live.

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  1. 1. Leaves
  2. 2. Branch
  3. 3. Hollow
  4. 4. Soil

One tree, four homes. A leopard stretches out on the branch, a barbet nests in the dark hollow, a caterpillar eats the leaves, and the soil below holds more creatures than the other three put together.

  1. 1.Sort each of these animals by the part of the plant it is using.

    Groups: Leaves · Flowers · Fruits

    • Tailorbird
    • Monkey
    • Caterpillar
    • Butterfly
    • Sunbird

  2. 2.Suma watched a caterpillar on a tagar plant for weeks. Put the changes she saw in order.

    • It came out as a butterfly and flew away
    • It formed a cocoon
    • One day it stopped eating
    • It ate tender leaves each day

  3. 3.Which creatures does the chapter say may appear once rain has wetted the soil?

    • a) Moths and barbets
    • b) Leopards and bats
    • c) Earthworms and millipedes
    • d) Camels and monkeys

  4. 4.Match each animal to what it takes from a plant.

    • Owl
    • Crow
    • Camel
    • Leopard
    • twigs for a nest
    • a branch to rest on
    • a hollow in a tree
    • leaves

  5. 5.Bats and leopards both use one part of a tree to rest on and shelter in. Which part?

    • a) The roots
    • b) The flowers
    • c) The branches
    • d) The bark

  6. 6.The chapter says animals, birds and insects use parts of plants for three things. Which three?

    • a) Shade, water and warmth
    • b) Nesting, singing and hiding
    • c) Food, water and air
    • d) Food, shelter and resting

  7. 7.A barbet nests inside a dark hole in the trunk. Tap that part of the tree.

    Write the number of the part.

    1234

  8. 8.The chapter calls soil the topmost layer of something. Of what?

    • a) A river bed
    • b) A forest floor
    • c) The Earth's surface
    • d) A field of grass

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Class 3 The World Around Us · 4 of 10

We need each other

Say what plants and animals give each other and give us, and tell the help that runs one way from the help that runs the other.

  1. 1.Match each of these gifts from plants to what we use it for.

    • Fibre
    • Wood
    • Fruit
    • Shade
    • houses
    • clothes
    • a cool place to sit
    • food

  2. 2.How does the chapter say squirrels come to plant thousands of trees?

    • a) They drop nuts from high branches on purpose
    • b) They dig holes for farmers to sow seeds in
    • c) They carry saplings from place to place
    • d) They bury nuts and then forget where they hid them

  3. 3.A monkey eats a mango and throws out the seed. What does Shambhu's father say will happen?

    • a) A new plant will grow from that seed
    • b) The seed will dry up and blow away
    • c) The monkey will come back and bury it
    • d) The seed will be eaten by an ant

  4. 4.Besides milk, what does the chapter say we get from cows, buffaloes and goats?

    • a) Fruit in the summer
    • b) Wool for blankets
    • c) Wood for the fire
    • d) Their loving company

  5. 5.Plants give us one thing that is spun and woven into the clothes we wear. What is it called?

  6. 6.When do the Grey Wagtails come down to the warmer parts of India?

    • a) During the cold winter months
    • b) Just before the monsoon breaks
    • c) In the hottest weeks of summer
    • d) At the end of the school year

  7. 7.The mango tree Shambhu sat under was a home to more than one kind of animal. Which does the chapter name?

    • a) Ants, termites and beetles
    • b) Goats, cows and buffaloes
    • c) Bats, owls and bees
    • d) Birds, squirrels and monkeys

  8. 8.The chapter names two ways animals help plants. Which pair is it?

    • a) Carrying them indoors in winter
    • b) Watering them, and pulling out weeds around them
    • c) Scattering their seeds, and making the soil fertile with their waste
    • d) Giving them shade, and keeping insects off them

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Class 3 The World Around Us · 5 of 10

Water — a precious gift

Follow rainwater from the sky to the tap: where it goes when it lands, how it reaches a home, what it is stored in, and what happens to it afterwards.

Before you start

Where rainwater ends up, above the ground and below it.

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  1. 1. Rain
  2. 2. Stream
  3. 3. Well
  4. 4. Water underground

The brown band is the soil and the blue band beneath it is water the rain has left underground. Notice that the well is a shaft reaching down through the one to touch the other.

  1. 1.Water we have washed with becomes dirty. What does the chapter say we can still use it for?

    • a) Drinking, after it has been stored a day
    • b) Nothing — it has to be thrown away
    • c) Cooking, once it has settled
    • d) Watering plants or flushing toilets

  2. 2.The chapter pictures the vessels people store water in. Sort them by what they are made of.

    Groups: Clay · Metal · Plastic

    • Copper vessel
    • Clay pot
    • Steel pot
    • Surahi
    • Plastic bucket

  3. 3.Where does the chapter say the water in a well comes from?

    • a) Rain that falls straight into the open mouth of the well
    • b) A tank buried beside it and filled by hand
    • c) Water stored underground between the rocks and the soil
    • d) A pipe laid from the nearest river

  4. 4.The chapter sums up the whole journey in five stages. Put them in order.

    • We store it in many ways
    • We bring the water to our homes
    • It fills up streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and wells
    • We use it in many ways
    • Rain comes down to the earth

  5. 5.Surya and Barkha followed the pipes from their taps and found the water was coming from something on the roof. What was it?

  6. 6.Why does the chapter say people learned to make containers and vessels for water long ago?

    • a) Because rain fell more heavily than it does now
    • b) Because they wanted to decorate their homes
    • c) Because wells had not been invented
    • d) Because there were no pipes or taps anywhere then

  7. 7.Water flowing along in a stream later joins something bigger. What?

    • a) A river
    • b) A cloud
    • c) A well
    • d) A puddle

  8. 8.The birdbath activity asks you to put stones in the shallow bowl. What are they for?

    • a) To make the water taste better
    • b) To keep the bowl from blowing away
    • c) For the birds to perch on while they drink
    • d) To stop the water from drying up

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Class 3 The World Around Us · 6 of 10

The food we eat

Work out which part of a plant a vegetable is, tell plant foods from animal foods, and say why a plate with many things on it beats a plate with two.

Before you start

A carrot plant growing in the soil, and its two parts.

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  1. 1. The leaves
  2. 2. The root we eat

Most of the carrot plant is up in the air where you cannot eat it. The orange part you know is the root, and it was underground the whole time it was growing.

  1. 1.Tap the part of this carrot plant that ends up on your plate.

    Write the number of the part.

    12

  2. 2.Which fruits does the chapter give as coming in the summer?

    • a) Apples and pears
    • b) Guavas and oranges
    • c) Sapotas and bananas
    • d) Mangoes and melons

  3. 3.What did the champion runner tell Shirin to do?

    • a) Practise less and rest more
    • b) Eat much larger meals than before
    • c) Eat a wider variety of foods, cooked at home
    • d) Give up rice and potatoes completely

  4. 4.Guava, sapota, apple and mango are pictured together. Which part of a plant are they?

    • a) Leaves
    • b) Fruits
    • c) Stems
    • d) Seeds

  5. 5.Which of these lists gives foods the chapter says are taken from animals?

    • a) Carrot, radish and beetroot
    • b) Guava, sapota and mango
    • c) Rice, ragi, jowar and bajra
    • d) Milk, curd, paneer, honey and eggs

  6. 6.Why does the chapter say we drink more nimbu pani, buttermilk and coconut water in summer?

    • a) Because they are cheaper in the summer months
    • b) Because they are harder to find in winter
    • c) Because they are sweeter than plain water
    • d) Because we sweat, and sweating loses water from the body

  7. 7.What did Shirin notice after some months of practising harder and eating a variety of food?

    • a) She had to train at a different time of day
    • b) She felt energetic and healthy, and ran faster than before
    • c) She stopped enjoying rice and potatoes
    • d) She grew tired more quickly in races

  8. 8.What does the chapter say we like to eat and drink when it is cold?

    • a) Aam panna and sugarcane juice
    • b) Warm food, soups and stews, and hot drinks
    • c) Kulfi and ice-cream
    • d) Tender coconut water

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Class 3 The World Around Us · 7 of 10

Staying healthy and happy

Know the habits the chapter builds a day around — brushing, washing, sleep, water and playing outside — and tell a safe place to play from an unsafe one.

  1. 1.The daily routine asks you to sleep for at least this many hours in a day. Tap that number.

    Mark the line with an X.

    0123456789101112

  2. 2.Moyna draws her day as a circle of twenty-four slices: eight for sleeping, six for school or study, two for eating, two for helping her parents, one for television or the phone, one for the toilet and two for other things. The slices left over are playing outside. How many hours is that?

    • a) One
    • b) Two
    • c) Six
    • d) Four

  3. 3.Which trees does Moyna's Dadu take his twigs from?

    • a) Mango or jamun
    • b) Coconut or khejri
    • c) Neem or babool
    • d) Peepal or banyan

  4. 4.How often does the chapter say to brush your teeth, and when?

    • a) Three times, after each meal
    • b) Twice, both of them in the morning
    • c) Twice — once after waking up and once before going to bed
    • d) Once, straight after breakfast

  5. 5.The chapter names two moments when hands must be washed with soap. Which pair?

    • a) Before waking up, and before combing your hair
    • b) After using the toilet, and after coming home from outdoors
    • c) Before playing, and before reading
    • d) After brushing your teeth, and after a shower

  6. 6.What does the chapter ask you to do each time after you have eaten?

    • a) Drink a glass of milk
    • b) Go outside and play
    • c) Brush your teeth again
    • d) Rinse your mouth

  7. 7.Why does the chapter say you breathe faster and deeper after running fast?

    • a) Because exercise makes the heart work harder and better
    • b) Because your lungs shrink while you run
    • c) Because you have been holding your breath
    • d) Because the air outside is thinner when you move

  8. 8.The chapter asks which places are safe to play in. Sort them.

    Groups: Safe to play · Not safe to play

    • A construction site
    • A park
    • A schoolground
    • A roof without railings
    • A busy road

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Class 3 The World Around Us · 8 of 10

This world of things

Say what the things around you are made of and where the material came from, sort solids from liquids and gases, and tell transparent from translucent from opaque.

Before you start

Three panes with the same lamp behind each, and the word for each one.

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  1. 1. Transparent
  2. 2. Translucent
  3. 3. Opaque

Same lamp behind each pane. The first shows it sharply, the second shows a faint glow where it is, and the third shows nothing — so the third pane could be hiding anything.

  1. 1.What does the chapter say a solid is?

    • a) Something that does not change its shape
    • b) Something that feels cold to the touch
    • c) Something you cannot see through
    • d) Something heavy enough to sink

  2. 2.The chapter says natural things may be alive or not alive. Which of these does it give as a natural thing that is not alive?

    • a) A shirt
    • b) A pair of shoes
    • c) A rock
    • d) A table

  3. 3.Sort each of these into solids, liquids and gases.

    Groups: Solid · Liquid · Gas

    • Ink
    • Air
    • Spoon
    • Honey
    • Stone

  4. 4.In the chain game, what does the chapter give as the source that wood comes from?

    • a) Sand
    • b) A field
    • c) A rock
    • d) A tree

  5. 5.Sort these into things that exist in nature and things people have made.

    Groups: Natural · Artificial

    • Table
    • Shoes
    • Air
    • Clothes
    • Rock
    • Water

  6. 6.The chapter gives one surprising fact about what glass is made of. What is it mostly?

    • a) Sand
    • b) Ice
    • c) Clay
    • d) Salt

  7. 7.The chapter closes with these pairs. Match each word to the thing it describes.

    • Transparent
    • Translucent
    • Opaque
    • a lamp shade made of paper
    • a glass used in spectacles
    • a plate

  8. 8.Where do the metals in the door hinges and nails come from?

    • a) They are collected from the beds of rivers
    • b) They are extracted from rock and sediment dug up from inside the Earth
    • c) They are made by mixing sand with water
    • d) They are grown in fields and then heated

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Class 3 The World Around Us · 9 of 10

Making things

Follow the steps that turn clay into a pot and mud into a brick, know what a kiln and a mould are for, and see where the patterns on made things come from.

Before you start

Three patches of animal skin, and the name of each pattern.

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  1. 1. Spots
  2. 2. Stripes
  3. 3. No pattern

A leopard wears the first and a squirrel the second. The third patch is what a piece of skin looks like with nothing repeating on it — which is how you can tell there is a pattern on the other two.

  1. 1.The chapter says a leopard has spots and a squirrel has stripes. Tap the patch with stripes.

    Write the number of the part.

    123

  2. 2.The potter's oven, where a dried pot is baked in a very hot fire, has a name. What is it?

  3. 3.What does the chapter say the potter does to the pots once they have dried?

    • a) Leaves them in water for a few days
    • b) Puts them back on the wheel to reshape
    • c) Paints them and sells them straight away
    • d) Moves them into a very hot fire inside a big oven

  4. 4.Where does the chapter say many artists who paint on pots get their ideas from?

    • a) From nature
    • b) From books of designs
    • c) From other potters' pots
    • d) From old photographs

  5. 5.Which of these animals does the chapter name as carrying a pattern?

    • a) A goat
    • b) A crow
    • c) A camel
    • d) A peacock

  6. 6.Put the steps of making a clay pot in order.

    • Leave the pots to dry
    • Bake them in the kiln
    • Wet the clay and beat it well
    • Knead it like dough
    • Shape it on the spinning wheel

  7. 7.The chapter shows you how to make your own clay. Put the steps in order.

    • Sieve out the stones, sand and leaves
    • Put the soil in a flat vessel filled with water
    • Collect soil from a wet or muddy place
    • Make it into a dough you can shape into a ball
    • After a few days, pour off the water sitting on top

  8. 8.What makes a brick hard?

    • a) Being left out in the rain
    • b) Being pressed in the mould
    • c) Being baked in the kiln
    • d) Being mixed with cow dung

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Taking charge of waste

Sort waste into the green bin and the blue bin and say why each one goes there, and know what reduce, reuse and recycle each mean.

Before you start

Two dustbins, and the reason they are two different colours.

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  1. 1. The green dustbin
  2. 2. The blue dustbin

Green takes what rots — leaves, peels, eggshells — and it ends up back in the soil as compost. Blue takes metal, glass, plastic and paper, and those go off to be made into something new.

  1. 1.Why do some villages keep a separate bin for metal, for glass, for plastic and for paper?

    • a) So the bins fill up more slowly
    • b) So each material is easier to send to the right place for recycling
    • c) So the waste rots faster
    • d) So children can count what is thrown away

  2. 2.You have a handful of vegetable peels from the kitchen. Tap the dustbin they go in.

    Write the number of the part.

    12

  3. 3.What does the chapter say happens to green-dustbin waste when it is added to soil?

    • a) It turns into compost, food for plants and for tiny animals in the soil
    • b) It stops other plants from growing there
    • c) It hardens into a crust on top of the soil
    • d) It has to be dug up again after a month

  4. 4.Sort each of these into the dustbin it belongs in.

    Groups: Green dustbin · Blue dustbin

    • Paper
    • Eggshells
    • Light bulbs
    • Plastic bottles
    • Rotten fruit
    • Onion peels
    • Leaves

  5. 5.How does the chapter say plastic can kill a cow or another animal?

    • a) The animal cuts itself on a sharp edge
    • b) The animal eats it when it is mixed in with food
    • c) The animal breathes in the smoke from it
    • d) The animal drinks water that has touched it

  6. 6.The chapter suggests wrapping gifts in newspaper or old cloth. What does it say this does?

    • a) Reduces waste and saves resources
    • b) Makes the gift look more expensive
    • c) Costs more but lasts longer
    • d) Keeps the gift from breaking

  7. 7.What did grandparents make out of old sarees and old clothes, in the chapter's example of reusing?

    • a) Quilts and bags
    • b) Curtains and cushions
    • c) Toys and dolls
    • d) Ropes and mats

  8. 8.On what date does the chapter say National Cleanliness Day falls?

    • a) 5 June
    • b) 2 October
    • c) 30 January
    • d) 22 April

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Answer keys — Class 3 The World Around Us

In the same order as the worksheets.

So many kinds of plants

  1. 1. d) It stays alive for longer than a single year
  2. 2. a) Tulsi
  3. 3. Mango → Tree; Banyan → Tree; Hibiscus → Shrub; Tulsi → Shrub; Mint → Herb; Coriander → Herb
  4. 4. d) Large grasses
  5. 5. d) Herbs
  6. 6. Tree → thick and woody, and there is one of it; Herb → soft and green, and it does not turn woody; Creeper → thin and bendy, spreading along the ground
  7. 7.
    • climber
    • a climber
  8. 8. Money plant → Climber; Jasmine → Climber; Bottle gourd → Climber; Watermelon → Creeper; Pumpkin → Creeper

The parts of a plant

  1. 1. bark
  2. 2. c) The stem
  3. 3. Leaf → Above the soil; Flower → Above the soil; Fruit → Above the soil; Stem → Above the soil; Roots → Below the soil
  4. 4. c) Name the tree each rubbing came from, using its pattern
  5. 5. 1. Green 2. Red 3. Purple
  6. 6. d) Tiny and white
  7. 7. 5 — Roots
  8. 8. 2 — Fruit

Animals living around plants

  1. 1. Tailorbird → Leaves; Caterpillar → Leaves; Sunbird → Flowers; Butterfly → Flowers; Monkey → Fruits
  2. 2. 1. It ate tender leaves each day 2. One day it stopped eating 3. It formed a cocoon 4. It came out as a butterfly and flew away
  3. 3. c) Earthworms and millipedes
  4. 4. Owl → a hollow in a tree; Crow → twigs for a nest; Camel → leaves; Leopard → a branch to rest on
  5. 5. c) The branches
  6. 6. d) Food, shelter and resting
  7. 7. 3 — Hollow
  8. 8. c) The Earth's surface

We need each other

  1. 1. Fibre → clothes; Wood → houses; Fruit → food; Shade → a cool place to sit
  2. 2. d) They bury nuts and then forget where they hid them
  3. 3. a) A new plant will grow from that seed
  4. 4. d) Their loving company
  5. 5. fibre
  6. 6. a) During the cold winter months
  7. 7. d) Birds, squirrels and monkeys
  8. 8. c) Scattering their seeds, and making the soil fertile with their waste

Water — a precious gift

  1. 1. d) Watering plants or flushing toilets
  2. 2. Surahi → Clay; Clay pot → Clay; Copper vessel → Metal; Steel pot → Metal; Plastic bucket → Plastic
  3. 3. c) Water stored underground between the rocks and the soil
  4. 4. 1. Rain comes down to the earth 2. It fills up streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and wells 3. We bring the water to our homes 4. We store it in many ways 5. We use it in many ways
  5. 5.
    • a tank
    • tank
    • water tank
  6. 6. d) Because there were no pipes or taps anywhere then
  7. 7. a) A river
  8. 8. c) For the birds to perch on while they drink

The food we eat

  1. 1. 2 — The root we eat
  2. 2. d) Mangoes and melons
  3. 3. c) Eat a wider variety of foods, cooked at home
  4. 4. b) Fruits
  5. 5. d) Milk, curd, paneer, honey and eggs
  6. 6. d) Because we sweat, and sweating loses water from the body
  7. 7. b) She felt energetic and healthy, and ran faster than before
  8. 8. b) Warm food, soups and stews, and hot drinks

Staying healthy and happy

  1. 1. 8
  2. 2. b) Two
  3. 3. c) Neem or babool
  4. 4. c) Twice — once after waking up and once before going to bed
  5. 5. b) After using the toilet, and after coming home from outdoors
  6. 6. d) Rinse your mouth
  7. 7. a) Because exercise makes the heart work harder and better
  8. 8. A park → Safe to play; A schoolground → Safe to play; A busy road → Not safe to play; A roof without railings → Not safe to play; A construction site → Not safe to play

This world of things

  1. 1. a) Something that does not change its shape
  2. 2. c) A rock
  3. 3. Stone → Solid; Spoon → Solid; Ink → Liquid; Honey → Liquid; Air → Gas
  4. 4. d) A tree
  5. 5. Rock → Natural; Water → Natural; Air → Natural; Clothes → Artificial; Shoes → Artificial; Table → Artificial
  6. 6. a) Sand
  7. 7. Transparent → a glass used in spectacles; Translucent → a lamp shade made of paper; Opaque → a plate
  8. 8. b) They are extracted from rock and sediment dug up from inside the Earth

Making things

  1. 1. 2 — Stripes
  2. 2.
    • kiln
    • a kiln
  3. 3. d) Moves them into a very hot fire inside a big oven
  4. 4. a) From nature
  5. 5. d) A peacock
  6. 6. 1. Wet the clay and beat it well 2. Knead it like dough 3. Shape it on the spinning wheel 4. Leave the pots to dry 5. Bake them in the kiln
  7. 7. 1. Collect soil from a wet or muddy place 2. Sieve out the stones, sand and leaves 3. Put the soil in a flat vessel filled with water 4. After a few days, pour off the water sitting on top 5. Make it into a dough you can shape into a ball
  8. 8. c) Being baked in the kiln

Taking charge of waste

  1. 1. b) So each material is easier to send to the right place for recycling
  2. 2. 1 — The green dustbin
  3. 3. a) It turns into compost, food for plants and for tiny animals in the soil
  4. 4. Leaves → Green dustbin; Onion peels → Green dustbin; Eggshells → Green dustbin; Rotten fruit → Green dustbin; Plastic bottles → Blue dustbin; Paper → Blue dustbin; Light bulbs → Blue dustbin
  5. 5. b) The animal eats it when it is mixed in with food
  6. 6. a) Reduces waste and saves resources
  7. 7. a) Quilts and bags
  8. 8. c) 30 January

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