General Science
Grade 5
Chapter 2: Food, Health and Disease, class 5
CLASS NOTES-ANSWERS
I. Tick the correct options.
1. Germs live everywhere.
2. Cancer is a non-communicable disease.
3. Lack of iron in the blood causes anaemia.
4. The Anopheles mosquito causes malaria.
5. Malnutrition can be cured by eating a balanced diet.
II. Fill in the blanks.
1. Carbohydrates and fats provide energy to the body.
2. Vitamins and minerals help the body to light diseases and remain
healthy.
3. Disease-causing microorganisms are called pathogens.
4. Diseases are of two types, communicable and non-communicable.
5. Diseases which do not spread from one person to another person are
called non-communicable diseases.
III. Tick the true statements and cross the false ones.
1. A person who eats a balanced diet is healthy. True
2. Lack of proteins does not harm the body. False
3. Scurvy is a communicable disease. False
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4. Houseflies cause chikungunya. False
5. Germs can enter your body only through the food you eat. False
6. Fiber cleans the digestive system. True
IV. Answer the following questions in one sentence.
1. What is a balanced diet?
Answer: A daily diet that provides all the nutrients in the right amount
is called a balanced diet.
2. Why does the body need protein-rich food?
Answer: Proteins help the body to grow and heal the injured parts of
the body.
3. Name three food items that provide fibre.
Answer: All kinds of fruits, vegetables and pulses have fibre.
4. Name one communicable disease and list its symptoms?
Answer: Tuberculosis.
Symptoms are dry cough, mild fever, feeling very weak.
V. Answer The following questions in two or three sentences.
1. What are deficiency diseases? Name any one deficiency disease and
explain how it occurs.
Answer: Deficiency diseases are caused due to insufficient amount of
nutrients in the food, especially vitamins and minerals.
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Rickets is a deficiency disease caused due to lack of vitamin D and
calcium. The bones become soft and twisted.
2. Explain how communicable diseases spread.
Answer: Diseases such as cholera and typhoid spread through
drinking water and eating foods that carry the disease-causing germs.
Some communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, measles,
influenza, chickenpox, and swine flu spread through air. Flies sit on
dirt and garbage containing germs, and when they sit on food, the
disease-causing germs get into the food, causing diarrhoea, typhoid,
and cholera.
3. List four measures that should be taken to control malaria.
Answer:
i. Do not allow water to collect around your surroundings as mosquitoes
lay their eggs in water.
ii. Introduce fish in ponds. Fish feed on mosquito larvae and do not let
mosquitoes multiply.
iii. Sleep under a mosquito net, if there are mosquitoes in the
surroundings.
iv. Use mosquito repellent creams to keep mosquitoes away.
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4. How do vaccines protect us?
Answer: Vaccines protect a person from certain diseases. They kill the
disease-causing microorganisms and reduce the risk of infection. After
vaccination, the body is prepared to fight away the infection, thus
preventing the occurrence of that disease.
Higher order thinking skills.
I. Answer The following questions.
1. Ria is 12 years old. Do you think she requires a protein-rich diet? Why?
Answer: Yes. Protein-rich diet helps in growth.
2. Jay usually plays chess while Johnny plays football. Who will need more
carbohydrates? Why?
Answer: Johnny needs more carbohydrates since playing football
needs more energy than playing chess.
II. From the given symptoms, identify the probable disease. Each
child is suffering from.
1. High fever with body ache and chills.
Answer: Malaria.
2. Round, itchy rashes on the skin.
Answer: Ringworm.
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Chapter 2: Food, Health and Disease, class 5
Worksheet- Unit 1
I. Name the following.
1. A plant with parachute-like seeds. Dandelion
2. A plant that can grow from a stem cutting. Drumstick
3. Food rich in iron. Egg
4. A rabi crop. Wheat
5. A communicable disease. Tuberculosis
II. Tick the true statements and cross the false ones.
1. Balanced diet is very rich in carbohydrates. False
2. Proteins are needed for the growth of the body. True
3. Sunlight provides vitamin C. False
4. Iron is needed to make blood. True
5. All diseases are infectious. False
6. Lack of Vitamin C causes night blindness. False
7. Mosquitoes spread more than one disease. True
8. New plants grow only from seeds. False
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III. Draw in the given empty boxes to show the following stages.
IV. Match the following.
A B
1. Milk and pulses Proteins
2. Wheat and rice Carbohydrates
3. Ghee and milk cream Fats
4. Sunlight Vitamin D
5. Oranges and lemons Vitamin C
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