NCERT Solutions Class 3 Environmental Studies Chapter 3 Water O Water

NCERT Solutions for Class 3 EVS for Chapter 3 Water O Water

1. Which are the planes mentioned in the poem where we find the water?

Answer. (a) River, (b) Waterfall, (c) Lakes, (d) Springs.

2. Name any four activities which

(a) You can do without water.

Answer. (a)Speaking, Walking, Reading, Playing.

(b) You cannot do without water.

Answer. (b)Eating food, Washing utensils, Bathing, Washing clothes.

3. Arrange the following on the basis of the amount of water that is needed for each of the activities. Begin with the activity that needs the most water.

Activities: To bathe, to drink, to clean the house, to water the fields, to knead the dough.

Answer. To water the fields, To clean the house, To bathe, To knead the dough, To drink.

4. Have you seen hot water coming out of the ground? Where?

Answer. Yes, In Suraj Kund (Haryana).

5. Does any river flow through your village or city? If yes, write its name.

Answer. The river Yamuna passed through Delhi.

6. Do you know the names of any rivers? Write their names.

Answer. Yamuna, Ganga, Godavri, Satluj, Chenab, Saraswati, Mahanadi, Brahmaputra etc.

7. At home, where do you get drinking water from?

Answer. At home, water comes from pipe line.

8. Do you have to go far to get water? How much time does it take to bring the water?

Answer. No, In towns, water is supplied to home, but in villages, water is to be brought from distant places.

9. Do you neighbours bring water from the same place?

Answer. Yes.

10. Are there certain people who are not allowed to take water from there?

Answer. No.

11. Why do we need to store water?

Answer. Water is stored so that it can be used in water supply is not available.

12. Who fetches and stores water in your house?

Answer. Parents.

13. Take a look at the picture. If we fill them with water –

(a) Which will contain the least water?

Answer. Tumbler.

(b) Which will contain the most water?

Answer. Bucket.

(c) How could you tell?

Answer. Tumbler is smaller in size than bucket therefore contains the least water.

14. What do you feel? Did Chhutki’s glass tumbler have less panna?

Answer. No, Chhutki’s glass tumbler did not have less panna.

15. Given in the grid are some places where water is found. Find seven of them and put a circle around each. One has already been done for you.

Answer.

16. In every row put a circle around one that is different from the other. Also tell how it is different.

(i) River, mountain, lake, pond, spring.

Answer. Mountain is not a source of water.

(ii) Bathing, washing, clothes, swimming, combing hair, kneading dough.

Answer. Combing hair does not require water.

(iii) Fish, duck, monkey, crocodile

Answer. Monkey lives on tree.

(iv) Car, boat, bus, train, bicycle.

Answer. Boat runs in water.