NCERT Solutions for Class 2 EVS Chapter 3 Food and Water

Food and water are our basic needs. We cannot live without food and water. We get energy to work from food and water. Everybody eats food to survive. No one can survive long without eating. Food is (taken) eaten many times in a day. We have breakfast in the morning. We drink milk and eat bread, eggs and fruits in the breakfast. We eat a full meal at noon. We take tea at 4 O’clock and eat biscuits along with it. We eat dinner at night. We should eat a light food in the (night) dinner.

We should always eat fresh food. We should eat a light food in the (night) dinner. We should always eat fresh food. It is not right to eat when not hungry because it may cause many diseases. Our body needs energy to work which we get only from food. Food is very essential to survive. So it is our basic need.

We eat many types of tasty foods. We eat chapatis and vegetables. We eat pulses and rice. We eat curd, butter and paneer also. We eat fruit and sweets also. Some people like to eat meat, fish and eggs. People who eat only plant products are called vegetarians. People who eat both plant and animal products are called non-vegetarians.

1. We get ________ to work from food.
2. Drink water after ________.
3. Health is ________.
4. We must keep our food ________.
5. Store water in a ________ vessel.

Answers:

1. Energy
2. Boiling
3. Wealth
4. Clean
5. Covered

We get water from many sources:

• Rain is the main source of water.
• Rainwater collects in ponds, lakes, rivers etc.
• We get this water through taps.
• We get underground water through wells, hand pumps etc.

We must drink clean water. Drinking dirty water can make us ill. Some of the ways to handle water properly are:
Store the water in a clean and covered vessel.
Use water for drinking after boiling or filtering it.
Do not dip your hand in vessel to take out water.
Always remember Health is wealth so we must take care of our health.

We use water for irrigation of the fields and flowers and plants. We need water also for our toilets. Our life is not possible without water. We get water from rain, hand pumps, rivers, ponds, wells etc. But rain is the main source of water.