Chapter 1. Food: Where does it come from ?
Very Short Q&A
Q1: There is a lot of variation in the food eaten in different regions of India.True/ False
Ans: True
Q2: State the chief food of South India
Ans: Dosa, Idli, Sambhar
Q3: State the chief food of South India
Ans: Paw bhaji, and sea foods
Q4: The chief food of Gujarat is ______________
Ans: Thepla and dhokla
Q5: Name the two ingredients involved in cooking of rice.
Ans: Raw rice and water
Q6: Some food items are cooked with many ingredients. True/ False
Ans: True
Q7: Give example of food items that are cooked with many ingredients.
Ans: Vegetable curry, dal etc.
Q8: What are the ingredients used in making roti?
Ans: Atta and water
Q9: Name the sources of our food products.
Ans: Plants and animals
Q10: List the source which provides us with egg.
Ans: Animal, that is chicken
Q11: List the source which provides us with honey.
Ans: Animal that is honey bees
Q12: Grains are animal product or plants product?
Ans: Plants product
Q13: Cream, ghee, butter and curd are animal product or plants product?
Ans: Animal product
Q14: Enlist the products that we get from plants.
Ans: Grain, cereals, vegetables and, fruits comes from plants and plants products.
Q15: Enlist the products that we get from animals.
Ans: Milk and milk products, egg, meat, chicken, fish, prawn, beef, pork etc. are the food
products that we get from animals.
Q16: Name some other animals apart from cow that gives us milk.
Ans: Goat, camel, buffalo etc.
Q17: We don’t eat leafy vegetables. True/ False
Ans: False
Q18: We eats_________________ , stem and _________________ of some plants.
Ans: Roots, stem and flowers
Q19: Some plants have two or more__________________ parts.
Ans: Edible
Q20: Give example of seeds that get sprouted.
Ans: Seeds of moong or chana.
Q21: Honey bees collect nectar from_____________________.
Ans: Flower
Q22: Where does honey bee lives?
Ans: In bee hives
Q23: All animals have same food and feeding habit. True/ False
Ans: False
Q24: Plant eating animals are called______________________.
Ans: Herbivores
Q25: Carnivores feed on both plants and animals. . True/ False
Ans: False
Q26: Give two examples of herbivores.
Ans: Cow, buffalo, goat, deer etc.
Q27: Give two examples of carnivores.
Ans: Lion, tiger, leopard etc.
Q28: Give two examples of omnivores.
Ans: Human beings, rat etc.
Q29: We get sugar from______________________.
Ans: Plants
Q30: A deer eat only plant product and so, it is called _____________________.
Ans: Herbivores.
Q31: Parrot eats only_________________ product.
Ans: Plant
Q32: Parrot eats only_________________ product.
Ans: Carnivores.
Short Q&A
Q1: Give example of a plant having more than one edible part. What are those parts?
Ans: Mustard plant’s seeds give us oil and its leaves are used as vegetables.
Q2: How can you make sprouts at home?
Ans: Put small quantity of seeds in a container filled with water and leave this for one day.
Next day drain the water completely and leave the seeds in the vessel. Wrap the seeds
with a piece of wet clothes and open it in the following day, we will observe a small white
structure have grown out of the seeds, seeds with such small white structure are called
sprouted .
Q3: Differentiate between the products that we get from plants and animals.
Ans: Plants give us products like Grain, cereals, vegetables and, fruits. But animals give us
products like milk and milk products, egg, meat, chicken, fish, prawn, beef, pork etc.
Q4: How do we get honey?
Ans: A bee collects nectar from flowers, converts it into honey and stores it in their hive.
These honeys are collected from beehives and are used as food products.
Q5: Draw the diagram of a bee hive.
Ans:
Q6: Differentiate between herbivores and carnivores.
Ans:
Herbivores Carnivores
1. Feeds on plants and plants products. 1. Feeds on flesh of other animals
2. Cow, goat and deer are herbivores 2. Lion, tiger and leopard are carnivores
Q7: Differentiate between omnivores and carnivores.
Ans:
Omnivores Carnivores
1. Feeds on both plants and animals. 1. Feeds on flesh of other animals
2. Example: Human beings, rat etc. 2. Example: Lion, tiger, leopard etc.
Q8: Differentiate between herbivores and omnivores
Ans:
Herbivores Omnivores
1. Feeds on plants and plants products. 1. Feeds on both plants and animals
2. Cow, goat and deer are herbivores. 2. Example: Human beings, rat etc.
Q9: What do you mean by herbivores and carnivores animals?
Ans:
Herbivores Carnivores
1. Feeds on plants and plants products. 1. Feeds on flesh of other animals
2. Cow, goat and deer are herbivores 2. Lion, tiger and leopard are carnivores
Q10: Who all belong to the family of herbivores?
Ans:
Herbivores Carnivores
1. Feeds on plants and plants products. 1. Feeds on flesh of other animals
2. Cow, goat and deer are herbivores 2. Lion, tiger and leopard are
carnivores
Q11: Who all belong to the family of carnivores?
Ans:
Herbivores Carnivores
1. Feeds on plants and plants products. 1. Feeds on flesh of other animals
2. Cow, goat and deer are herbivores 2. Lion, tiger and leopard are carnivores
Q12: What do you mean by omnivores and carnivores animals?
Ans:
Omnivores Carnivores
1. Feeds on both plants and animals. 1. Feeds on flesh of other animals
2. Example: Human beings, rat etc. 2. Example: Lion, tiger, leopard etc.
Q13: What do animals eat?
Ans: Different animals have different feeding habit. Some eat green plans and plant
products and are called herbivores like cow and deer. Some feed on flesh of other animals
and are called carnivores. Like lion. Some animals eat both plants and animals and are
called omnivores, like humans, rat etc.
Q14: Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Ans: Following are the five plants products:
1. Apple tree -fruit
2. Wheat plant- Seed
3. Potato plant- Stem
4. Beetroot- Root
5. Spinach plant- Leaves
Q15: State all milk products.
Ans: Ghee, paneer, cheeses, butter, ice-cream, yogurt etc.
Q16: What do you mean by vegetarian food?
Ans: All food products that we get from plants and plants products are called vegetarian
food products. Like cereals, grains vegetables and fruits.
Q17: What is non- vegetarian food?
Ans: Food products like chicken, meat and their products are called non-vegetarian food
products.
Long Q&A
Q1: Explain different mode of nutrition in animals.
Ans: Different animals have different feeding habit. Some eat green plans and plant
products and are called herbivores like cow and deer. Some feed on flesh of other animals
and are called carnivores. Like lion. Some animals eat both plants and animals and are
called omnivores, like humans, rat etc.
