Worksheet on Importance of Not Wasting Food

Questions for Practice on Wasting Food

1. If you have a plate of cookies and you eat only half of them leave the rest on the plate. What should you do with the leftover cookies?

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a) Throw them into the trash
b) Share with your friends
c) Play with them
d) Throw them in the river

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Answer: b) Share with your friends

Explanation: We should share our leftover food with others to reduce food wastage.

2. Which of the following things is not a necessity for our body's growth and development?

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Answer: a) To reduce the shortage of food

Explanation: We should share food to reduce food shortage. Toys are not a necessity for us but food items and water is.

3. We all should stop wasting food at home. Where should we store the leftover food at home so that it would not go bad?

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Answer: c

Explanation: Out of the given images refrigerator is the one which we use to store food to stop it from going bad.

4. What is the best way to avoid wasting food at home that we all should practice?

a) Buy more food than you need
b) Ignore expiration dates
c) Throw away any food that looks old
d) Plan meals and use leftovers

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Answer: d) Plan meals and use leftovers

Explanation: Planning meals and using leftovers can help you minimise food wastage.

5. Which of the following is a good activity to be followed by everyone to stop wasting food?

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Answer: a

Explanation: We all should share food to save food and reduce its wastage.

6. Emma and his family went to the restaurant for dinner. Emma wants to eat all her favourite dishes. Which of the following should she not do?

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a) Order one dish only
b) Take any leftover food with her to eat later
c) Order all her favourite food at once
d) Share extra food with others

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Answer: c) Order all her favourite food at once

Explanation: We should never order more than enough food at a restaurant.

7. We should share food and other different kind of things. Which of the following we should never share with anyone?

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a) Toys

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b) Pencil

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c) Snacks

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d) Spoilt food

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Answer: d) Spoilt food

Explanation: We should never give bad food or food with germs in it to anyone.

8. We all need food and we consume it daily. Why is food so important to us?

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a) It makes us ill
b) It can satisfy our thirst
c) It helps us grow and makes us healthy
d) It tastes good

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Answer: c) It helps us grow and makes us healthy

Explanation: We all need food for the growth and development of our bodies.

9. What would happen if we all waste food continuously and don't stop it?

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a) We can harm the environment by adding more food products to the trash
b) We become healthy
c) Everyone would have enough food
d) Our home would have lots of food reserve

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Answer: a) We can harm the environment by adding more food products to the trash

Explanation: If we waste food all the time it would fill our landfills and can harm the environment.

10. We all eat fruits and often peel them before eating them. To save food what we can do with fruit peel?

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a) Throw them in the trash
b) Mix them with soil to make food for plants
c) Throw it in the river
d) Force someone to eat them.

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Answer: b) Mix them with soil to make food for plants

Explanation: We can add the peel of fruits and vegetables, make a compost of them and then use it for plants.

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