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प्रश्न
Why can you not taste food properly when you have a cold?
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उत्तर
We know that the sense of smell helps in getting the complete taste of food. In the case of the common cold, our nose is blocked, which blocks the sense of smell. That is why we are unable to taste food properly in case of cold.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Do you like only one kind of taste or different ones? Why?
If someone were to put a few seeds of saunf (aniseed) on your tongue, would you be able to tell with your eyes closed? How?
Collect a few food items having different kinds of tastes. Play a game with your friends as Jhumpa and Jhoolan did. Tell your friend to taste the food and ask -
How did it taste? What was the food item?
Collect a few food items having different kinds of tastes. Play a game with your friends as Jhumpa and Jhoolan did. Tell your friend to taste the food and ask -
One at a time put some things to eat in other parts of your mouth - under the tongue, on the lips, on the roof of the mouth. Did you get any taste there?
Why don’t you make sounds that describe some tastes?
From your expressions and sounds ask your friends to guess what you might have eaten.
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Have you ever tasted glucose? How does it taste? Tell your friends.
Look at Nitu’s picture and describe what is happening. How is the glucose drip being given?
Have you ever seen a godown where a lot of grain has been stored? Where?
If we were to say that “digestion begins in the mouth”, how would you explain this. Write.
