Food: Where Does It Come From: science class six
NCERT Exercise Solution
Question: 1. Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
Answer: No, all living beings do not need same kind of food. Different living beings need different kinds of food.
Some animals need food comes from plant source. And such animals are called Herbivores. For example: cow, buffalo, deer, etc.
Some animals need meat of other animals as food. And such animals are called Carnivores. For example: tiger, lion, etc.
Some animals eat all types of food, and are called Omnivores. For example: dogs, rats, crows, etc.
Question: 2. Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Answer:
Paddy plant: Rice is the seeds of paddy plant.
Spinach: We eat leaves of spinach plant. Spinach is a vegetable.
Mango: We eat fruit of mango plant.
Radish: We eat root of radish plant.
Potato: We eat stem of potato plant.
Question: 3. Match the items given in Column A with that in Column B
| Question | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Answer:
| Answer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 plant and plant products | ||
Question: 4. Fill up the blanks with the words given:
Herbivore, plant, milk, sugarcane, carnivore.
(a) Tiger is a _________ because it eats only meat.
(b) Deer eats only plant products and so, is called _____________.
(c) Parrot eats only ________ products.
(d) The __________ that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an animal product.
(e) We get sugar from ______________.
Answer:
(a) Tiger is a 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 get sugar from sugarcane.
Extra Questions
Question: 1. Write 'True' for the correct statement and 'False' for incorrect statement.
(a) Lion is an omnivores animal.
Answer: False
Explanation: Lion eats only meat of other animals and hence called Carnivores and not Omnivores.
Animals which eat all types of food products, i.e. food comes from plant source and animal source are called Omnivores.
(b) Man is an omnivores animal.
Answer: True
Explanation: Man eats all types of food, i.e. food comes from plant source as well as animal source and hence is called Omnivores.
(c) We get egg from animal source.
Answer: True
Explanation: Hens and other birds lay eggs, and hence egg comes from animal source.
(d) Source of rice is plant.
Answer: True
Explanation: Rice is the seeds of paddy plant, and hence source of rice is plant.
(d) Vegetarian diet comprises of fish and egg.
Answer: False
Explanation: Diet which comes from plant source is called Vegetarian diet. Fish and eggs come from animal source and hence not come under vegetarian diet.
Question: 2. Choose correct option for the questions given below:
(a) Which of the food products do we get from plant?
(i) Fish
(ii) Egg
(iii) Butter
(iv) Carrot
Answer: (iv) Carrot
Explanation: Fish, egg and butter come from animal source. Only carrot come from plant source among the given options.
(b) Tiger falls in which of the following category?
(i) Omnivores
(ii) Carnivores
(iii) Herbivores
(iv) None of the above
Answer: (ii) Carnivores
Explanation: Animals which eat only flesh of other animals are called Carnivores. And tiger eats flesh of the animals, thus tiger is a Carnivore.
(c) Parasite depends for the food on which of the following?
(i) On plants
(ii) On other animals
(iii) On Rice
(iv) all of the above
Answer: (ii) On other animals
Explanation: Parasites suck blood of other animals and hence depend for food on other animals.
However there are some plants which depends on other plants for their foods. For example: amarbel.
(d) Which of the following food we get from animals?
(i) Honey
(ii) Rice
(iii) Both (i) and (ii)
(iv) None of the above
Answer: (i) Honey
Explanation: Honey is collected by honey bees from nectar of flowers and hence source of honey is animal.
(e) Which part of the cabbage we eat?
(i) leaves
(ii) root
(iii) fruit
(iv) stem
Answer: (i) leaves
Explanation: Cabbage is the modified leaves of cabbage plant.
Question: 3. Fill in the blanks
(a) We eat the ............... of sugarcane.
Answer: We eat the stem of sugarcane.
(b) Rat is ................... animal.
Answer: Rat is an Omnivore animal.
(c) We get spices from ................ source.
Answer: We get spices from plant source.
(d) Parrot does not eat ............ .
Answer: Parrot does not eat flesh
(e) Potato is .................. of potato plant.
Answer: Potato is stem of potato plant.
Question: 4. Very short answer type questions
(a) Which type of animal is called herbivores?
Answer: Animals that feed on plant and plant products are called herbivore. Grass eating animals are called herbivores.
(b) Which part of radish plant is eaten?
Answer: Root of radish plant is eaten.
(c) What is the source of butter?
Answer: We get butter from milk. And hence source of butter is animal.
(d) What is the source of spices?
Answer: We get spices from plants and hence source of spices is plant.
(e) What is the source of honey?
Answer: We get honey from honey bees. And hence source of honey is animal.
(f) What do you understand by milch animals?
Answer: Animals that give milk are called milch animals. For example: cow, buffaloes, goat, etc.
(g) Write the name of two carnivores and two omnivores.
Answer: Carnivores: Tiger, Lion
Omnivores: Rats, Cats
(h) What is parasite?
Answer: Animals that sucks blood of other animals as food are called parasites. For example: bugs, lice, tapeworm, leech, etc.
(i) In how many category animals are divided on the basis of food habits?
Answer: On the basis of food animals are divided into three category: herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.
(j) What is marine product?
Answer: Food we get from sea are called marine product, for example fish.
Question: 5 Match the following column
| Questions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Column A | Column B | ||
| (1) Herbivores | (a) Root | ||
| (2) Carnivores | (b) Eats flesh of other animals | ||
| (3) Parasites | (c) Stem | ||
| (4) Omnivores | (d) Grass eating animals | ||
| (5) Onion | (e) Eat all types of food | ||
| (6) Carrot | (f) Sucks blood of other animals | ||
Answer:
| Answer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Column A | Column B | ||
| (1) Herbivores | (d) Grass eating animals | ||
| (2) Carnivores | (b) Eats flesh of other animals | ||
| (3) Parasites | (f) Sucks blood of other animals | ||
| (4) Omnivores | (e) Eat all types of food | ||
| (5) Onion | (c) Stem | ||
| (6) Carrot | (a) Root | ||
Question: 6. Long answer type questions
(a) What do you understand by food habits of an animal?
Answer: Different animals eat different types of food.
On the basis of food habits, animals can be divided into three types:
(a) Herbivores: Animals that eat only plant and plant products are called herbivores. In other words, grass eating animals are called herbivores. For example: cow, buffaloes, deer, elephant, etc.
(b) Carnivores: Animals that eat only flesh of other animals are called Carnivores. For example: Lion, tiger, etc.
(c) Omnivores: Animals that eat all types of food are called Omnivores. For example: rat, cat, crow, etc.
(c) Write the name of four plants, leaves of which we do eat.
Answer: Spinach, Fenugreek, cabbage, pumpkin,
(d) How much variety of foods we eat in a day?
Answer: In breakfast generally people eat bread, eggs, sandwich, etc. In lunch and dinner people generally eat bread, rice, pulses, vegetables, salds, sweets, etc.
However types of food people do eat in breakfast, dinner and lunch depends upon region they belong to. In India food habit varies from region to region. For example: In West Bengal people are fond of fish curry and rice while in Punjab and Delhi people prefer to eat rajma curry and rice in lunch.
(e) What do you understand by the animal source of food?
Answer: There are many food items we get from animals. For example: fish, eggs, meat, milk, butter, and other milk products.
Thus, food that we get from animals is called food of animal source.
(f) What is ingredient of food? Explain with suitable examples.
Answer: Raw materials used in making of a food item are called ingredient of that food item.
Example: Raw materials used to prepare rice are rice and water. Thus rice and water are ingredients of boiled rice or rice.
To prepare vegetable, generally a particular vegetable, salt, turmeric, chilly, oil and water are used as raw material. Thus these are ingredients for a vegetable.
Raw materials used to prepare rasogulla (a type of sweet famous in West Bengal) are milk, sugar and water. Thus, milk, sugar and water are the ingredients of rasogulla.
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