Question:
Why should we eat cooked food?
Answer:
We should eat cooked food because by cooking we can kill harmful germs and make it germless. Cooked food can be easily digested and absorbed by our body. Cooking also improves the taste of food.
Food: Where Does It Come From?
Q 1.
Study the ingredients of various food items. Do they have some common food ingredients?
Q 2.
Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
Q 3.
Why should we eat cooked food?
Q 4.
What do you call the habit of an individual to eat a particular type of food items commonly?
Q 5.
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 7.
Match the items given in column A with those in column B.
Q 8.
Name the three products each provided by plants and animals.
Q 9.
Give two examples where two or more parts of a single plant are used as food.
Q 10.
Which part of the plants do we eat generally?
Q 11.
What are carnivores? Explain with examples.
Q 12.
Explain the importance of food for living organisms.
Q 13.
Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Q 14.
(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 15.
Suggest any three ways you can think of to avoid wastage of food.
Q 16.
Define the term omnivores.
Q 17.
Which type of seeds give more energy, sprouted seeds or normal seeds?
Q 18.
What are the two common sources of most of the ingredients of food items?
Q 19.
Define the term herbivores.
Q 20.
Explain the various sources of food items and ingredients with the help of examples.
Q 21.
With the help of a flow chart show various contributors involved when we eat a chapatti.
Q 22.
Name any one plant that grows in water and is eaten as food.
Q 23.
Where would you place human beings on the basis of food that they eat?
Q 25.
What items are used to prepare cooked rice?
Q 26.
Name three edible (eatable) parts of plants.
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.
