Ch-1: Food- Where does it come from? | CLASS 6 SCIENCE

CLASS 6 SCIENCE: Ch-1: Food- Where does it come from?

ANSWERS FOR GOYAL BROTHERS PRAKASHAN EXERCISES

I. Multiple Choice Questions

 1.(c) Herbivore

2. (a) Cockroach

3. (a) Gram

4. (b) Wheat

5. (d) Onion

II. Fill in the Blanks

1. breakfast, lunch, dinner 

2. carnivore, other animals 

3. herbivore, plants/plant parts 

4. herbivore 

5. sugarcane 

6. wheat, rice, maize 

7. dals 

8. sugarcane, sugar beet

Ш. True or False

1. (F) 

2. (T) 

3. (F)

4. (F)

IV. Match the following.

1. (iii)

2. (i)

3. (iv)

4. (ii)

V. Complete the table

1. Cow/buffalo

2. Hen 

3. Sheep, goat, chicken

4. Honeybees

VI. Define the following:

1. Producers : Producers are the green plants which prepare their own food.

2. Herbivore : An animal which eats only plants is called an herbivore.

3. Pisciculture : Growing fish on a large scale is called Pisciculture.

4. Apiculture : The rearing of honeybees on a large scale to produce honey is called apiculture.

VII. Write two examples:

1. Carnivores : lion, tiger

2. Cereals : wheat, rice

3. Pulses : pea, gram

4. Spices : black pepper (kali mirch), turmeric (haldi)

VIII. Differentiate between:

1. Producers are the green plants which prepare their own food.

          On the other hand, herbivores Animals which eat only plants.

2. Herbivores are the animals which eat only plants.

          On the other hand, carnivores are the animals which eat other animals or meat.

IX. answer the following questions: 

1. Food is required by the body for the following purposes :

(i) For energy.

(ii) For growth.

  

(iii) To repair of damaged or injured body parts.

(iv) For protection from diseases and infection.

2. Plants are important to us because they provide us the following food and other important items :

(i) Cereals   

(ii) Pulses or legumes 

(iii) Vegetables

(iv) Fruits

(v) Sugars

(vi) Tea and coffee 

(vii) Spices

(viii) Oils

(ix) Oxygen, etc

3. Animals are important to us because they provide us the following items to make our survival easier:

i) milk 

ii) meat

iii) fish

iv) eggs 

v) honey

vi) leather

vii) wool

viii) Silk

4. Crow is called an omnivore as it eats both plants and animals.

Extra Questions

NCERT Questions and Answers

1. Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?

Solution:

No, all living beings do not need the same kind of food. Some animals eat plants as food, and they are called herbivores. Some animals feed on other animals, and they are called as Carnivores. Some others eat food from plant sources as well as animals, and such living beings are called omnivores.

2. Name five plants and their parts that we eat.

Solution:

Brinjal- Fruit

Groundnut- Seed

Potato- Stem

Spinach- Leaves

Beetroot- Roots

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

Solution:

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

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 ___________________.

Solution:

(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.

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