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Grade 5 · EVS
Food and Digestion
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Nutrients, digestive organs, food groups and how the body processes food
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1
Fill in the blanks about food and preservation methods!
Sealing food in airtight heated metal tins is called .
Keeping food cold in a slows down the growth of microbes.
murabba
canning
refrigerator
Traditional Indian pickles made with salt and oil are called .
Food goes bad because tiny living things called grow in it.
moisture
refrigerator
microbes
Heating milk to kill harmful bacteria without boiling it fully is called .
pasteurisation
refrigerator
microbes
2
True or False about food and digestion? Tick or Cross!
The small intestine is longer than the large intestine.✓ / ✗
Traditional food preservation methods in India include pickling and sun-drying.✓ / ✗
Microbes cause food to spoil by breaking it down.✓ / ✗
The large intestine is responsible for absorbing nutrients from digested food.✓ / ✗
Digestion begins in the mouth when we chew food and mix it with saliva.✓ / ✗
The oesophagus connects the mouth directly to the small intestine.✓ / ✗
Answer:1. True 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. True 6. False 7. True 8. False 9. False 10. False
3
Where are digested nutrients absorbed into the bloodstream?
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Large intestine
Small intestine
Stomach
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4
Sort each method of food preservation — which principle does it use?
1Pickling vegetables in salt and oil (achar)
2Sun-drying mangoes to make aam papad
3Freezing meat and fish
4Putting leftover food in the refrigerator
5Drying fish in the sun for storage
6Canning — sealing food in heated airtight tins
7Making jam — boiling fruit with lots of sugar
Using salt or sugar (dehydration)
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Using heat (killing microbes)
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Using cold (slowing microbes)
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Drying (removing moisture)
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5
Which organ produces bile that helps digest fats?
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6
Colour TRADITIONAL Indian food preservation methods in YELLOW and MODERN methods in BLUE!
Traditional Indian method Using chemical preservatives in packaged snacks
Drying papad and storing in airtight jars
Freezing food in an electric freezer
Making murabba (fruit in sugar syrup)
Making mango pickle (achar) with salt and oil
Sun-drying fish or meat
Vacuum sealing food in plastic pouches
Pasteurising milk in a factory
7
Fill in the blanks about the digestive system!
The food pipe that carries food from the mouth to the stomach is the .
oesophagus
bile
small intestine
The enzyme in saliva begins breaking down starch even before the food reaches the .
Nutrients from digested food pass into the blood through tiny finger-like projections called in the small intestine.
The is the organ that produces bile and also filters harmful substances from blood.
Gastric juice in the breaks proteins into simpler substances.
8
Sort these descriptions — which organ of the digestive system does each describe?
1Bile from the liver enters here to help digest fats
2Food stays here for 2–4 hours and is churned vigorously
3Gastric juice breaks down food into a semi-liquid paste
4Water is absorbed from undigested food here
5Teeth grind food into smaller pieces
6Digested nutrients are absorbed into the blood here
7Solid waste (faeces) is formed here before being eliminated
8Food is chewed and mixed with saliva here
Mouth
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Stomach
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Small intestine
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Large intestine
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