NCERT Solution for Chapter 1 - Food : Where Does It Come From ?
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. Some are herbivores, some are carnivores and some are omnivores.
2. Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Answer:
- Apple tree - Fruit
- Wheat Plant - Seed
- Potato plant - Stem
- Beetroot plant - Root
- Spinach plant - Leaves
3. Match the items given in Column A with that in 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
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 _____________ .
Answer:
(a) carnivore
(b) herbivore
(c) plant
(d) milk
(e) sugarcane