NCERT Class 6 Science Chapter 1 Food: Where Does it Come From?

Chapter 1 Food: Where Does it Come From?

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. Some animals eat only plants as food and they are herbivores. Some animals eat other animals, and they are carnivores. Some others eat food from plant sources as well as animals, and are omnivores.

Question 2: Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Answer:
Brinjal - Fruit
Groundnut - Seed
Potato - Stem
Spinach - Leaves
Beetroot - Roots

Question 3: Match the items given in Column A with that in Column B.

Answer:

Question 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) 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.