Chapter 1 - Food-Where Does It Come From
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NCERT Solutions for Class 6th Science
Chapter 1 - FOOD : WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
Q.1 Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
Ans No. The food requirements of all living organisms are different. On the basis of the food
they eat, living organisms can be divided into three categories:
(i) Herbivores: Animals which eat only plants or plant products. For example: Cow,
rabbit, Goat etc.
(ii) Carnivores: Animals which eat other animals. For example: Lion, tiger etc.
(iii) Omnivores: Animals which eat both plants and animals. For example: Dog, crow
etc.
Q.2 Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Ans Plant Edible Part
Cauliflower Flower
Carrot Root
Apple Fruit
Potato Stem
Cabbage Leaf
Q.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
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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
Q.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 ___________________.
Ans (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_.
