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Food We Eat

CBSE · Class 3 · EVS

Quick revision notes for Food We Eat — CBSE Class 3 EVS. Key concepts, formulas, and definitions for last-minute revision.

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1

Why Do We Need Food?

  • We need food to give us energy to play, run, and do daily activities
  • Food helps our body grow strong and healthy
  • Food protects us from getting sick
2

Types and Tastes of Food

  • Food has six different tastes: sweet (meetha), spicy (teekha), sour (khatta), salty (namkeen), bitter (karva), and astringent (kasaila)
  • Chhappan bhog contains 56 different food items with all six tastes
  • We eat fruits, vegetables, rice, dal, roti, and drink milk, lassi, juice
3

Seasonal Foods and Water

  • In summer: we eat cold foods like kulfi, ice-cream, drink tender coconut water, nimbu pani, aam panna
  • In winter: we eat warm foods, soups, stew, hot drinks
  • Summer fruits: mangoes, melons
4

Sources of Food

  • Many foods are grown in fields as crops (like rice, wheat, vegetables)
  • We eat different parts of plants: roots, stems, leaves, fruits, flowers, seeds
  • Examples: roots-carrot, stems-sugarcane, leaves-spinach, fruits-apple, flowers-cauliflower, seeds-rice

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Key Concepts

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