Food Where does it Come From
Question 1.
Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food ?
Answer:
No, all living beings do not need the same kind of food.
Question 2.
Name five plants and their parts that we eat ?
Answer:
| S.No. | Plants | Parts that we eat |
| 1. | Brinjal | Fruit |
| 2. | Sugarcane | Stem |
| 3. | Carrot | Root |
| 4. | Mustard | Seeds, leaves |
| 5. | Wheat | Seeds |
Question 3.
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 |
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 plants and plant products |
Question 4.
Fill in the blanks with the words given : Herbivore, Plants, Milk, Sugarcane, Carnivore.
(a) Tiger is ________ because it eats only meat.
Answer:
Carnivore
(b) Dear eats only plants products, so it is called ________.
Answer:
Herbivores
(c) Parrot eats only ________ products.
Answer:
Plant
(d) The ________ that we drink usually comes from cow and goat and thus these are all animal products.
Answer:
Milk
(e) We get sugar from ________.
Answer:
Sugarcane
InText Questions and Answers
Activity 1
Choose some items and find out what ingredients are used to prepare these and fill in the table given below. Where do these ingredients come from ?
| Food Items | Ingredients |
| Roti ,Chapati | Atta, water |
| Dal | Pulses, water salt, oil/ghee, spices |
Answer:
| S.No. | Food items | Ingredients Required | Sources (Plants/Animals) |
| 1. | Roti/Chapati | Atta, water | Plants |
| 2. | Dal | Pulses, water, salt, oil/ghee, spices | Plants Animals |
| 3. | Dosa and Sambhar | Rice, urad dal, salt, chillies, arhar dal, spices, vegetable, oil | Plants |
| 4. | Biryani | Rice, spices, meat | Plants Animals |
| 5. | Pizza | Maida flour, vegetables spices, cheese | Plants Animals |
| 6. | Kheer | Rice, sugar milk | Plants Animals |
Activity 2
Fill in the blanks in table 1.2
| Food Item | Ingredients | Sources |
| Idli | Rice | Plant |
| Ur ad dal | ||
| Salt | ||
| Water | ||
| Chicken curry | Chicken | Animal |
| Spices | ||
| OW/ghee | Plants/Animals | |
| Water | ||
| Kheer | Milk | Animal |
| Rice | Plant | |
| Sugar |
Answer:
| Food Item | Ingredients | Sources |
| Idli | Rice | Plant |
| Ur ad dal | Plant | |
| Salt | Sea | |
| Water | Rivers, wells | |
| Chicken curry | Chicken | Animal |
| Spices | Plants | |
| OW/ghee | Plants/Animals | |
| Water | River/wells | |
| Kheer | Milk | Animal |
| Rice | Plant | |
| Sugar | Plant |