Ch-1 food: where does it come from

Extra questions
Q1. What is nectar?
Ans: Nectar is a flower juice collected by bees and converted into honey.
They store it in hive.

Q2. Write the names of the plants that provide us:

Vegetables, fruits, cereal, pulses, oil/fat.
Ans:
Name of the plant Product
Pumpkin, Brinjal, capsicum Vegetables
Apple, Banana, Papaya Fruits
Wheat, rice, Maize cereal
Soyabean, Gram, pea pulses
Mustard, Sunflower oil/fat

Q4. Name some plants which have two or more edible parts.
Ans: 1. Banana – fruits, flower and stem.
2.Methi (Fenugreek seeds) – Stem, seeds, leaves
3.Coconut- Coconut oil which is extracted from the dried seeds, coconut and
coconut water.

Q5. What is honey? What is its importance.

Ans: A sweet substance prepared by bees from the nectar (sweet juice) collected
from flowers, is called honey.
It gives us energy and help in reducing seasonal allergy symptoms.

Q6. What do you mean by vegetarian and non-vegetarian habits?

Ans: Vegetarian eats all plant-based food like fruits, vegetables, etc. it does not
include chicken eggs, meat, etc. Non-vegetarian eats animals like meat, eggs,
chicken, and fish, etc.

Q7. What are known as energy rich-food?

Ans: Carbohydrates and fats are called energy rich food. Eg. nuts, mustard seeds,
butter, chapati and rice etc.

Q8. Name some plants that grow in water and that we eat.
Ans: Plants like lotus, water spinach, water chestnut, etc. are grown in water.
Parts of these plants are used as food.