Food-Where Does It Come From-Solutions

CBSE Class–VI Subject Science
NCERT Solutions
(CHAPTER-01)
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. We know that different organisms eat different kind of food. This is because of the difference in their structure, requirements, habitats etc.,
Question 2. Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Answer:
(a) Apple tree
Fruit
(b) Wheat plant
Seed
(c) Potato plant
Stem
(d) Beetroot plant
Root
(e) Spinach
Leaves
Question 3. Match the items given in column A with that in column B.
Column A
Column B
Milk, curd, paneer, gheeEat other animals
Spinach, cauliflower, carrotEat plants and plant products.
Lion and tigerAre vegetables
HerbivoresAre all animal products.
Answer:
Column A
Column B
Milk, curd, paneer, gheeAre all animal products.
Spinach, cauliflower, carrotAre vegetables
Lion and tigerEat other animals
HerbivoresEat plants and plant products.
Question 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 plants 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 --------------.
Answer: (a) Tiger is a carnivore because it eats only meat.
(b) Deer eats only plants products and so, is called herbivores.
(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.