CBSE CLASS 6TH SCIENCE CHAPTER 1 FOOD AND WHERE DOES IT COMES FROM EXERCISE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CBSE CLASS 6TH SCIENCE

CHAPTER 1

FOOD AND WHERE DOES IT COMES FROM

EXERCISE 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 eat 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

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. (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.