Food :

where does it come from ?

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 VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

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Que 1 -Name one food ingredient.

Ans 1 – Wheat flour

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Que 2 –Name the sources of
food ingredients.

Ans 2 – Plants and Animals.

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Que 3 -Which part of a plant
is the source of cooking oil ?

Ans 3 – Seeds.

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 Que4 - What is common to
cheese, butter, ghee and curd ?

Ans 4 – All are milk products.

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Que 5– What are autotrophs? Name one.

Ans 5 – Autotrophs are the organisms that make their

food themselves. They do so from carbon dioxide and
water in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll.
Eg. Green Plants like Mango Tree.

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 SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

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 Que 1 –Name four ingredients
of food obtained from plants.

Ans 1 –
1) Cereals - Eg. Wheat
2) Vegetables - Eg. Potato
3) Pulses - Eg. Gram
4) Fruits - Eg. Banana

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 Que 2 –Why are green
plants called producers ?

Ans 2 – Green Plants are called producers because they

make their food themselves. They do so from carbon
dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight and
chlorophyll. Ex- Mango Tree.

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 Que 3 –Name the ingredients
used in preparing Idli.
Also mention their sources.

Ans 3 –
Ingredients of Idli Sources

Rice Plants

Urad Dal Plants

Water City Supply / Nature

Spices Plants

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Que 4 – Name two plants and their parts
which are the ingredients of our food.

Ans 4 – Mango Tree – Fruit

Carrot Plant - Root

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 Que 5 – Name two milching animals.
Name three dairy products.

Ans 5- Two milching animals are Cow and Buffalo.

Three dairy products are Butter, Cheese and Curd.

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 LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

 Que 1- Why all animals and humans
are heterotrophs ?

Ans 1- Animals and Humans do not make their food

themselves.
They eat the food prepared by plants or eat the meat
of smaller animals. So all the animals and humans are
heterotrophs.

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 Que 2 – Show by giving suitable
examples that animals and humans eat
different foods.

Ans 2 –
Animals Humans
Grass, Leaves Idli
Hay Dosa
Raw Meat Bread
Flesh of Dead Bodies Pulses
Insects Cooked Foods

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 Que 3- Define herbivores and omnivores.
Give one example of each.

Ans 3 –
Herbivores : The organisms that eat only plants or plant products
Eg Cow, Camel, Grasshopper etc.

Omnivores : The organisms that eat both plants and meat.

Eg Dogs, Crows, Humans etc

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 Que 4- . What is a food chain ?
Construct a food chain consisting of Snake,
Grasshopper and Frog in a grassland.

Ans 4 – The sequence of living organisms in

which one organism consumes(or eats) another
to get food/energy, is called food chain.

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 Que 5 – Some food items are given in the table. Find
out the kind of food ingredients in each and mention
their sources.
Ans 5-
Food items Ingredients required Sources
(Plants/Animals/Both)

Dosa – Sambhar Rice Plants

Urad Dal Plants
Spices Plants
Water City Supply

Matar - Paneer Peas Plants

Paneer Animals
Spices Plants
Water City Supply

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D. Tick the Odd-One-Out giving reason.

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 E. Define the following terms-

 Ingredients– The things needed to prepare any food item are called as its
ingredients. Eg. Rice is an ingredient to make Idli.

 Cereals– Cereals are edible grains obtained from cultivated grass. Eg. Wheat.

 Carnivores- The organisms that eat meat or flesh of other organisms are
called as Carnivores. Eg. Lion, Tiger etc.

 Milching Animals - The animals which produces milk are called as milching
animals. Eg. Cow.

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Que 1 - Why is carrot red and spinach green ?

Ans 1-
Color of Carrot is red because of presence of Carotene Pigment.
Color of Spinach is green because of presence of Chlorophyll Pigment.

Que 2 - Why can't a food chain start with a human being ?

Ans 2 – Food chain can not start with humans because they can’t produce
their food themselves and they are dependent on autotrophs or other
consumers for their food/energy.

Que 3 – What makes sprouts more nutritious ?

Ans 3 – The process of sprouting brings out many enzymes and thus making
them easier to break down and digested leading to faster nutrient
absorption. That’s why sprouts are more nutritious.

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