Maharashtra Board Textbook Solutions for Standard Three

Lesson 11 – Our Need for Air

A. What’s the solution?

In a crowded place, someone is feeling suffocated, that is, finding it difficult to breathe.

Ans: When someone is feeling suffocated, he or she should be taken to an open place to breathe in fresh air.

B. Fill in the blanks.

(need, air, breathing) 

 

(1) As ______ goes on continuously, a sleeping man’s chest can be seen going up and down.

Ans: breathing 

 

(2) There is ______ spread all around us.

Ans: air

 

(3) Like us, all living things have a ______  for air.

Ans: need

C. Answer the following questions:

(1) What do you fill into a balloon when you blow it?

Ans: When we blow up a balloon, we fill it with air.

 

(2) Why do we need air?

Ans: We need air to breathe in so that our body can function properly.

 

(3) How do you know that a dog also breathes

Ans: When a dog breathes, its chest goes up and down. So, we say that a dog also breathes.

 

(4) For what does a cat need air?

Ans: A cat needs air for the proper functioning of its body. 

D. True or false?

(1) We can see air all around us.
Ans: False

 

(2) Fish use the air dissolved in water for breathing
Ans: True