KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, CRPF, AVADI, CHENNAI – 65

STUDY MATERIAL CLASS III EVS (2019 – 20)

AUGUST MONTH

Lesson8: (Flying High)

Observe the picture and fill in the blanks.

1

a) Peacock is the national bird of India.

2

a) It has green colour with red beak parrot.

3

a) It has black colour with sweet voice koel.

4

a) We cannot see during the day owl.

5

a) It has black colour with harsh voice crow.

2. Choose the correct answer:

1) I sleep in the day and wake up at night. I am an Owl

(an owl, a parrot, a peacock)

2) Birds fly with their wings

(feathers, tail, wings)

3) When birds fly they change their direction with the help of their beak.

(wings, beak , tail)

4) I make holes in trees to catch my prey. I am woodpecker.

(vulture, crow, woodpecker)

5) Feathers protect the birds from weather.( wings ,feather , tail )

3. Match the birds in Column A with their freatures in Column B.

Column A Column B

(i) A pigeon a) makes holes in trees to eat its food.

(ii) A crow b) has a crest on its head.(vi)

(iii) An eagle c) has green feathers and red beak (v)

(iv) A vulture d) has black feathers and black beak (ii)

(v) A parrot e) everyone loves its voice (viii)

(vi) A woodpecker f) has a long grooved tail (vii)

(vii) A peacock g) has grey feathers and pink beak (iii)

(viii) A mynah h) Cleans the place by eating dead

Short answer: animals(iv)

1) What are flighter birds? Example?

Ans: Birds which cannot fly are called flighters. Eg: Penguin, Ostrich, duck

2) How does a bird feather help a bird ?

Ans: Feather help them to fly and keep them warm .

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1. Draw a beak of birds and write about it.

1. to eat their food

2. to tear and eat meat

3. to catch the prey

4. to suck nectar from flowers

5. to make a hole in the trees trunk

(Quiz)

Give one word answer:-

1) Name a bird which imitates our voice?

Ans: Parrot

2) Name a bird which does not sleep?

Ans: Owl

3) Name our national bird?

Ans: Peacock

4) Name a found in water?

Ans: duck

5) Which is the biggest bird in the world?

Ans: Ostrich

6) Name a bird which fly short distance?

Ans: hen

7) Name a bird which can fly at great height?

Ans: Eagle

8) Which is the other animal that can fly ?

Ans: Butterfly

9) Which bird live in the trunk of a tree ?

Ans: Woodpecker

10) Which bird it dead animals ?

Ans: Valture

Lesson:(It’s raining)

Observe the picture and fill in the blanks.

1

a) Our main source of water is rain .

2

a) From well we get under ground water.

3

a) Ice is the solid form of water.

4

a) Water is the liquid form of water.

5

a) Gas is the gaseous form of water.

2. Choose the correct answer.

1) Rain is necessary for us.

(not necessary, necessary, useless)

2) When it does not rain in rainy season everyone feels sad

(sad, happy, satisfied)

3) Rain is the first source of water for us.

(last, first, second)

4) Sometimes we see rainbow in the sky after rainfall.

(clouds, water droplets, rainbow)

5) Clouds are formed by water evaporation.

(evaporation, condensation, vapourisation)

3. Match Column A with Column B

Column A Column B

i) Rain a) Causes lightning (v)

ii) Clouds b) depends on rain water (iii)

iii) Vegetation c) has seven colours (iv)

iv) Rainbow d) is the main source of water (i)

v) Thunder e) are of different shapes (ii)

Answer the following questions.

1) Write 4 uses of water?

Ans: Drinking, washing, bathing, cooking

2) What is evaporation?

Ans: Water changes into water vapour is called evaporation.

3) What is condensation?

Ans: Water vapour changes into water is called condensation.

1. Draw a rainbow and write about it colours.

About Rainbow

a) Rainbow is a band of seven colours.

b) It is formed when sun rays pass from the water droplets present in the air

c) The sunlight splits into seven colours - Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red.

2. Draw water cycle and write about it.

Ans: 7) What is water cycle?

Ans: The process of changing water into vapour due to heat of sun and cooling of water as droplets

which falls as rain and goes into sea.

(Quiz)

Give one word answer:

1. Which is the main source of water ?

Ans: Rain

2. Name one natural drink ?

Ans: Coconut water

3. When we see rainbow ?

Ans: After a rainfall

4. How many colours are there in rainbow ?

Ans: Seven

5. Write one uses of water ?

Ans: Bathing

Chapter10 = what is cooking

Q.1Choose the correct answer:

(1) Overcooking should be avoided as it makes the food

a. Look good

b. Tasteless

c. Hard

d. Lose some important vitamins (√)

(2) Rice is boiled before cooking as

a. Cooking changes its colour

b. Raw rice is full of germs

c. Rice cannot be eaten raw (√)

d. Raw rice is tasty

Q.2 Differentiate between cooked food and Uncooked / raw food.

Cooked food Uncooked / Raw Food

Cooked food is more digestible. Uncooked food is less digestible.

Cooked food is less nutritive. Uncooked food is more nutritive.

More germ free and safe. More prone to germs and harmful chemicals.

Some foods are healthier when cooked. Certiain foods like healthier when eaten raw.

Q.3 Name things that we eat raw.

Q.4 Name things that we cook before eating.

Q.5 which are the things we eat both cooked and raw.

Q.6 Arrange these steps in making chapatti in the correct sequence:

· Making small ball of the dough.

· Taking out the flour in a utensil.

· Rolling out the balls.

· Kneading flour into a dough

· Cooking chapatti on fire.

Ans-1. Taking out the flour in a utensil.

2. Kneading flour into a dough.

3. Making small ball of the dough.

4. Rolling out the balls.

5. Cooking chapatti on fire

Q.7 Write the examples of each method of cooking

Method of cooking Names of things

Roasting Papad brinjal

Boiling Potato broccoli

Frying Chips Vada

Baking Biscuit Cake

Steaming Momos Khaman/Dhokla

Q.8Answer these in one word:

(a) Method of cooking in which food is cooked directly on fire.

Roasting

(b) Method of cooking in which food is put in hot oil.

Frying

(c) Method of cooking a cake.

Baking

(d) Method in which food is cooked by heating with added water.

Boiling

(e) Method in which you keep the food in a pan in such a way that it comes in contact with steam.

Steaming

Q.9 Match these Fuels with cooking media:

Fuel Cooking media

Electricity Chulha

Sun Solar cooker

Kerosene oil Induction cooktop.

LPG Kerosene Stove

Cow dung cake/coal Gas Burner

Fire wood Sigdi

Fuel Cooking media

Electricity Induction cooktop.

Sun Solar cooker

Kerosene oil Kerosene Stove

LPG Gas Burner

Cow dung cake/coal Sigdi

Fire wood Chulha

Q.10 Answer these questions:

Q. What do you mean by cooking?

Ans- Cooking means preparing food by combining, mixing and heating ingredients.

Q.11 Name some utensils used in your house for cooking.

Ans- Some utensils used in my house for cooking are as follows:

1- Skillet

2- Frying Pan

3- Tawa

4- Woke

5- Hundi

6- Pressure cooker

Q.12 What are utensils made of?

Ans- Utensils are made up of a variety of materials including

1- Iron

2- Brass

3- Steel

4- Copper

5- Clay

6- Borosil glass

7- Aluminium & its alloys etc.

Q. 13 Write the names of methods of cooking.

Ans- Following are the methods of cooking:

1- Roasting

2- Boiling

3- Baking

4- Frying

5- Steaming

Subject enrichment activity

Q.14 Write the missing steps in making lemon water in the given space:

Q.15 Match the following item with the correct method of cooking.

Food items Methods of cooking Food items

French fries

Rice

Phulkas

Idli

pizzas

Steaming

Roasting

Frying

Baking

Boiling

Puris

Pulses

Rotis

Cakes

dhoklas