Food : Where does it Come From ? ( Class VI, science)

        Food : Where does it Come From ?

Key words: 

Ingredients

Edible

Nectar 

Sprouted seeds 

Herbivore 

Carnivore 

Omnivore

◻There is a lot of variation in the food eaten in different regions of India. ◻The main sources of our food are  plants and animals. ◻Animals which eat only plants are called herbivores. ◻Animals which eat only animals are called the carnivores. ◻Animals which are the both of plants as well as other animal are called Omnivores.

1. What are the ingredients  needed to prepare Roti or chapati?

Ans: Atta , water .

2. What are the ingredients  needed to prepare Dal?

Ans: Pulses, water , salt , oil or ghee , spices etc.

3. What are the ingredients needed to prepare Idli?

Ans: Rice , Urad dal, Salt , Water .

4. What are the ingredients needed to prepare Chicken curry?

Ans: Chicken, Spices , Oil or ghee, water etc.

5. What are the ingredients needed to prepare kheer?

Ans: Milk , rice , sugar etc. 

6. From where we get food ingredients like grains, cereals , vegetables and fruit?

Ans: From plants .

7. From where we get milk , meat products and eggs?

Ans: From Animals .

8. Which seeds give us oil?

Ans: Seeds of mustard plants gives us oil.

9. Draw the different parts of a plant .

Ans: 

10. Fill in the blank .

Some plants have two or more edible parts. 

11. How honey is created?

Ans: Bees collect nectar from flowers and convert it into honey.

12. From where bees collect nectar?

Ans: From flowers.

13. Who are herbivores?

Ans:  Animals which eat only plants or plant products , these animals are called herbivores.

14. Who are carnivorous?

Ans: There are some animals which eat other animals. These animals are called carnivorous.

15. Who are omnivorous?

Ans: Some animals eat both plants and animals. These are called omnivorous.

16. Fill up the blanks with the words given: 

herbivore, plant, milk, sugarcane,carnivore.

a) Tiger is carnivore because it eats only meat.

b) Deer eats only plant products and so is called herbivore.

c) Parrot eats only plant products.

d) The milk that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an animal product.

e) We eat sugar from sugarcane.

17. Match the items given in Column A with that in Column B

Column A	Column B
Milk , curd,paneer,ghee	eat other animals
Spinach, cauliflower, carrot	eat plants and plant products
Lions and tigers	are vegetables
Herbivores	are all animal products

Ans: 

Column A	Column B
Milk , curd,paneer,ghee	are all animal products
Spinach, cauliflower, carrot	are vegetables
Lions and tigers	eat other animals
Herbivores	eat plants and plant products