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Published on: 30/08/2019
Food: Where does it Come from?
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1.
Name two sugar producing plants.
2.
Cooking of food is necessary. Why?
3.
Name two ingredients in our food that are not obtained from plants or animals. Mention one source for each ingredient.
4.
Give a reason as to why the food culture in different regions of our country is different.
5.
Can you identify the major ingredients of pizza. Which of the ingredients of pizza
(a) come from plants
(b) do not come from plants
6.
Why do organisms need food? Write two reasons.
7.
Rajni went to Chennai to visit her friend. She noticed that the climate was very hot and the food available was so different than at home. Coconut is used extensively and rice is included in all meals. Her friend's mother explained these differences to Rajni.
(a) What changes were observed by Rajni in regard with food habits?
(b) Food habits of all places are different. What do you understand by food habits?
(c) List one dish commonly made in South India. Identify its ingredients, and separate plant and animal derived ingredients.
(d) Do you observe any values in Rajni? Name them.
8.
Carrot and radish food obtained from plants are examples of
stem
roots
leaves
flowers
9.
The part of a banana plant not used as food is
flower
fruit
stem
root
10.
We get eggs from
goose
buffalo
bee
goat
11.
Bees make _____________ from nectar of flowers.
12.
The major sources of food are___________ and ___________ .
13.
The practice of bee-keeping is called _____________ .
14.
Sprouts are more nutritious than their seeds.
15.
Crow is herbivore.
16.
All nutrients can be obtained from one kind of food only.
17.
Humans are omnivores.
1.
Sugarcane and sugarbeet are the sugar producing plants.
2.
We cook food so that it can be used by our body easily.
3.
The two ingredients in our food that are not obtained from plants or animals are
(i) Salt It is obtained from oceans and rocks.
(ii) Water It is obtained from river/tap/pond/lake/rain.
4.
People living in different regions of our country use different methods of cooking food depending upon the availability of food products, e.g. in Northern India, wheat is grown, so people eat chapati as a staple food, where as in South India, people are rice eaters because rice is produced there in large quantity.
5.
Ingredients of pizza are maida, butter, cheese and vegetables.
(a) Maida and vegetables come from plants.
(b) Butter and cheese do not come from plants. They come from animals.
6.
Food is needed by organisms for the following reasons
(i) Food provides us energy to perform various functions of body to sustain life.
(ii) Food helps us to protect the body against various diseases and infections.
7.
(a) Food habits of people in Chennai were different as they used coconut oil for cooking and coconut is extensively used in preparing other dishes. Rice was part of every meal, they consume less or no chapatis.
(b) Food habits refer to particular interest towards certain types of food. It is commonly influenced by location, climate and availability.
(c) Sambhar dal is very common. Its main ingredients are dal, condiments, vegetables and oil. All of these ingredients are plant products.
(d) Rajni is friendly, observant and knowledge seeking girl. She is aware of her surroundings which is very important.
8.
(b)
roots
9.
(d)
root
10.
(a)
goose
11.
( )
honey
12.
( )
plants, animals
13.
( )
apiculture
14.
(a)
15.
(b)
16.
(b)
17.
(a)
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