SCIENCE Ls – 1 FOOD: WHERE DOES IT COMES FROM?

(NCERT NOTES)
EXERCISES

Q1) Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?

A) No, all living beings do not need the same kind of food. Some animals eat plant as food, and they are called
herbivores. Some animals eat the flesh of other animals, and they are called as carnivores. Some animals eat
food from both plant source as well as animal source and such animals are called omnivores.

Q2) Name five plants and their parts that we eat?(The answer was discussed in the class and the answers may
vary from student to student)

A) Tomato – fruit
Potato – stem
Groundnut – seed/nut
Spinach – leaves
Beetroot – Root

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 plant and plant products
Lions and tigers Are vegetables
Herbivores Are all animal products

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 plant and plant products

4)Fill up the blanks with the words given:

(Herbivore, carnivore, plant, milk, sugarcane)

(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 .

(a)Tiger is a carnivore because it eats only meat.

(b)Deer eats only plant products and so, is called herbivore.

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 (c) Parrot eats only plant products.
(d) The milk that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an animal product.
(f) We get sugar from sugarcane.