FOOD AND ITS SOURCES

A. Tick the correct option:

1. Materials required to prepare food are called

(a)meals (b)sources (c)ingredients (d)dishes
2. Which of these is obtained from animals?
(a)milk (b)radish (c)onion (d)groundnut
3. Which two parts of radish plant do we eat?
(a)leaves, roots (b)leaves, flowers (c)fruits, buds (d)stem, root
4. Short stems fleshy leaves, which grow under the ground describes
(a)root (b)bulb (c)Tuber (d)bud
5. An example of endoparasite is
(a)head lice (b)flea (c)mosquito (d) pinworm
6. Which of the following is a scavenger?
(a)tiger (b)crow (c)deer (d)horse
7. Which of these is not a milch animal?
(a)deer (b)cow (c)buffalo (d)camel
8. Honey bees store honey in a
(a)nest (b) beehive (c) burrow (d) an apiary
9. Saprophytes are also called
(a)carnivores (b)omnivores (c)decomposers (d)herbivores
10. Meat is a rich source of
(a)carbohydrates (b)proteins (c)vitamin (d)both (b) and
(c)

B. Fill in the blanks:

1. Potato is an ________________stem.
2. Humans cannot digest _______________ which is found in plants.
3. A Spice known as Clove is actually a dried_________________.
4. Eggs are rich source of________________ and __________________.
5. The rearing of fish on a large scale is called________________.
6. __________________ obtain their food from host.
7. Spinach is an edible________________.
8. Carnivores have __________________teeth.

C. Circle the odd one out giving reasons:

(a)artichoke/broccoli/cauliflower/mustard
(b)spinach/capsicum/eggplant/tomato
(c)pepper/barley/garlic/milk
(d)vulture/leopard/hyena/crow
(e)wolf/cow/deer/horse
D. Match the column:
a. mushroom i. rich source of carbohydrate
b. pulses ii. edible fish
c. milk iii. Non-green edible fungi
 d. cereals iv. germinating seeds which shoot
e. rohu v. complete food
f. sprouts vi. rich source of proteins

Subjective Questions
E. Very Short Questions-Answers:

1. What is the food consumed at a particular time of a day called?

,2. We eat broccoli which part of plant is it?

3. What are the two sources of food?

4. By which process do green plants make their food?

5. Name any two fruits we eat as vegetables.

6. What type of parasite is pinworm?

F. Short Questions-Answers:
1. List two benefits of seafood.

2. What are saprophytes? Give any two examples.

3. Give any two examples of underground stems eaten as food and

also draw their well labelled diagrams.

4. Why do some herbivores have elaborate digestive tracts?

5. Define (a) Apiculture (b) Nectar

6. What is honey? How is it useful?

7. What is the role of decomposers in the environment?

8. Name two poultry birds? Where and why are they raised?

9. What are spices? Name any three spices and the part of plant
they belong to.

G. Long Questions-Answers:
1. Differentiate between herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. Give
examples of each.

2. What are parasites? Write any two differences between

ectoparasite and endoparasite. Also give two examples of each.

3. State the reason for the diverse food habit of people of India.

4. Why is food essential for living things?

5. Which different parts of food are consumed as food? Explain with

examples.

6. List any three food items obtained from animals. Write the
nutrients provided by each item. Name the animals which provide
them.

7. Scavengers and saprophyte keep our surroundings clean. Explain.