Science

Food: Where Does It Come From?

Question:

Which part of the plants do we eat generally?

Answer:

We generally eat fruits of many plants.

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Food: Where Does It Come From?

Q 1.

Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?

Q 2.

Study the ingredients of various food items. Do they have some common food ingredients?

Q 3.

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__________
(d) The_________ that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is
an animal product.
(e) We get sugar from___________ .

Q 4.

What are carnivores? Explain with examples.

Q 5.

Give two examples where two or more parts of a single plant are used as food.

Q 6.

Match the items given in column A with those in column B.

Q 7.

What is food?

Q 8.

What do you call the habit of an individual to eat a particular type of food items commonly?

Q 9.

Why should we eat cooked food?

Q 10.

Explain the importance of food for living organisms.

Q 11.

Which part of the plants do we eat generally?

Q 12.

Which type of seeds give more energy, sprouted seeds or normal seeds?

Q 13.

What are the two common sources of most of the ingredients of food items?

Q 14.

Name the three products each provided by plants and animals.

Q 15.

Name five plants and their parts that we eat.

Q 16.

Define the term herbivores.

Q 17.

Suggest any three ways you can think of to avoid wastage of food.

Q 18.

(i) Name the different parts of a banana plant that are used as food.
(ii)  Animal food we get from water resources.
(iii) Four fruits which we eat as vegetables.

Q 19.

Explain the various sources of food items and ingredients with the help of examples.

Q 20.

Define the term omnivores.

Q 21.

Name any one plant that grows in water and is eaten as food.

Q 22.

With the help of a flow chart show various contributors involved when we eat a chapatti.

Q 23.

Where would you place human beings on the basis of food that they eat?

Q 24.

What is honey?

Q 25.

Name three edible (eatable) parts of plants.

Q 26.

What items are used to prepare cooked rice?

Q 27.

Name a non-green plant that we eat.

Q 28.

Name two sugar producing plants.

Q 29.

Compare your food habits with food habits of your friend who lives in Tamil Nadu.

Q 30.

Differentiate between herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. Give two examples of each

Q 31.

Make flow charts for the preparation of honey and ghee.