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The document discusses various topics related to nutrients and insects: 1. It defines several terms related to social insects like bees, ants, and termites. 2. It asks questions about the largest group of animals on Earth, the role of insects in pollination, and diseases spread by insects. 3. It discusses the importance of a balanced diet containing proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water for human health and development.

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Class 4 Insects

The document discusses various topics related to nutrients and insects: 1. It defines several terms related to social insects like bees, ants, and termites. 2. It asks questions about the largest group of animals on Earth, the role of insects in pollination, and diseases spread by insects. 3. It discusses the importance of a balanced diet containing proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water for human health and development.

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CLASS IV(NUTRIENTS)

1. Define the following terms


a) Social insects
b) Combs
c) Cocoon
d) Lac
e) Apiculture
f) Pollination
2. Insects like bee, ant and termites are called as social insect, justify.
3. Complete the given paragraph
A colony of bees in a _______ has about 50,000 to 80,000 _____________, which collect
_________.It also has few hundred male bees, called drones. There is however, only one
________ bee in a hive.
4. Correct the given statements
a) Honeybees are very harmful to us.
b) A beehive consists of many six-sided chambers known as cells.
c) When houseflies sit on garbage or animal excreta they do not carry disease causing
germs on their feet and bodies.
d) The sting of wasp are often non- poisonous and causes pain and cause redness on the
skin.
e) Mosquitoes often help in spreading of disease Bubonic plague.
f) We get lac from the liquid secreted by the lac-insect.
g) Insects have bones and two pair of legs.
5. Name the largest group of animals on the earth.
6. Complete the given statements
a) Lac insects usually grow on banyan trees, they secrete a _________ substance
called___________.
b) The heat and________ drives the ______ out of hive.
c) Butterfly and honey bee visit flowers and also hep in _____________.
d) ___________________ eats large number of pests that are harmful for plants.
e) When houseflies carrying germs sit on food item, the _______ are passed to the
________.
f) Spider is not an _______
g) We can get rid of _______________ by using natural methods or by using chemicals like
insecticides.
7. Complete the table

S.N Name of disease Name of disease spreading


insects
1 Cholera
2 Female anopheles mosquito
3 Dengue
4 Fleas
8. How spider makes web in which it catches insects?
9. Make a poster to spread the awareness about maintaining cleanliness and hygiene.
10. What are natural methods used to get rid of harmful insects?

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11. What is sericulture?


12. How is honey collected from a beehive?
13. In what way do the insects helps in pollination?
14. Write the main characters of an insect.
15. How is the silk thread made?
16. All the insects are not always useful, Justify

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1. Fill in the blanks

a. Food, that we eat provide various ______ to our body to keep us healthy and
strong.
b. Fats not only provide energy to our body but also keep us ____.
c. Protein helps our body to _______ and _____ the worn out tissue.
d. Our body needs_______ in small quantity only.
e. ______ is the fiber present in the food.
f. Old people, who are not active, need_____ energy.
g. Absence of any one of the nutrients may cause ______.
h. ______ is essential for our body to function properly.
i. _____ does not provide any nutrients to our body.
j. _______ and minerals are the nutrients which protect our body from diseases
and keep us healthy.

2. Match the following

Column 1 Column 2
Vitamins Keeps body warm
Water Protects our body
Carbohydrate Iron
Roughage Gives energy
Fats Fiber present in food
Minerals Absorption of nutrients
3. State whether given statements are true/false

a. Growing children need diet that contains more of protein, carbohydrate and
fats.
b. The water in the diet does not help in the absorption of nutrients in the body.
c. We get roughage mainly from fruits, vegetables, pulses and whole grains.
d. Iodine is required for healthy bones and teeth.
e. Vitamin B is needed for keeping gums healthy.

4. Multiple choice questions

a) ______ is energy giving foods.


a. Vitamins b) Mineral c) Carbohydrate d) Protein
b) _________ is necessary for good eye sight and healthy skin.
a. Iron b) Vitamin A c) Calcium d) Vitamin C
c) People need______ amount of nutrients according to their age and the work they do.
a. Same b) different c) equal d) none of the above
d) _____ is diet which contains nutrients in appropriate amount,
a. Proteins b) balanced diet c) Roughage d) none of the above
e) ________ is mineral required for healthy bones and teeth.
a. Iodine b) Calcium c) Iron d) none of the above.

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5. Give reasons for

a. Old people need less carbohydrates and fats.


b. We should drink at least 8-10 glasses of water every day.
c. We must have fiber even though it does not provide any energy.
d. Food stuffs containing vitamins and minerals are known as protective foods.

6. Answer the following questions

a. Name the building block nutrients.


b. What happens when a particular nutrients remains missing from diet of
children?
c. State the main role of carbohydrate in our body.
d. What is a balanced diet?
e. Even though water does not give any energy it is important part of our diet,
Justify.
f. Name the vitamin needed for proper functioning of blood vessels, for keeping
gums healthy. Also mention the source of the above mentioned vitamin.
g. What will happen to a person if his diet does not contain roughage?

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