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Class 4 Chapter: Healthy Eating

The document discusses healthy eating and nutrition. It asks and answers 5 questions: 1) We need food to grow, have energy, and stay fit and healthy. 2) Vitamins and minerals protect us from disease. 3) We need a balanced diet to get all necessary nutrients and stay healthy. 4) Cooking food makes it softer, tastier, and more digestible while killing germs. 5) Methods of preserving food include sweetening, salting, canning/bottling, dehydration, freezing, low-temperature storage, and boiling; examples of each are provided.

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Class 4 Chapter: Healthy Eating

The document discusses healthy eating and nutrition. It asks and answers 5 questions: 1) We need food to grow, have energy, and stay fit and healthy. 2) Vitamins and minerals protect us from disease. 3) We need a balanced diet to get all necessary nutrients and stay healthy. 4) Cooking food makes it softer, tastier, and more digestible while killing germs. 5) Methods of preserving food include sweetening, salting, canning/bottling, dehydration, freezing, low-temperature storage, and boiling; examples of each are provided.

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Class 4 Chapter : Healthy Eating

Note: Write the following Qs/Ans in your science Note Book

Q1. Why do we need food?

Ans. We need food to grow, get energy and to keep fit and healthy.

Q2.Why are vitamins and minerals called protective food?

Ans Vitamins and minerals protect us from diseases so they are called protective food.

Q3. Why should we eat a balanced diet?

Ans We should eat a well balanced diet because it is essential to consume all the nutrients in the right
amount to stay fit and healthy and free from diseases.

Q4.Why do we need to cook food? Name any four different methods of cooking food.

Ans. Cooking makes food soft, tasty and digestible and also kill the germs.

Q5.Name the various methods of preserving food. Give two example of each.

Ans.

Methods Examples
Sweetening Jam , jelly
Salting Pickle, vegetables
Canned or bottled Cheese, fruits
Dehydration Milk, vegetables
Freezing Meat , vegetables
Low temperature Cooked food, eggs
Boiling Milk , vegetables such as
potatoes

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