NCERT Solutions for Class-6 Science Chapter-1 Food Where does it Come From ?

NCERT TEXTBOOK EXERCISES

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:

Plant	Edible part
1. Lotus	(a) Seeds (makhana) (b) Stem (vegetables)
2. Water nut (Singhara)	(a) Fruit
3. Gram	(a) Seeds (pulse) (b) Leaves (vegetables)
4. Radish	(a) Roots (vegetables) (b) Leaves (vegetables)
5. Mustard	(a) Seeds (oil , spices) (b) Leaves (vegetables)

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, plant, milk, sugarcane, carnivore

1. Tiger is a ……………………… because it eats only meat.
2. Deer eats only plant products and so, is called ……………………….
3. Parrot eats only ……………………… products.
4. The ……………………… that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes, and goats is an animal product.
5. We get sugar from ……………………….

Answer:
1. carnivore
2. herbivore
3. plant
4. milk
5. sugarcane