Chapter 1: Food - Where Does It Come From?

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  Chapter 1: Food - Where Does It Come From?

  Class: VI

  Exemplar Solutions

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1

Given below are names of some animals:

 

(i) Goat  (ii) Human beings

(iii) Cockroach  (iv) Eagle

 

Which of the above animals form a pair of omnivores?

 

(a) (i) and (ii)  (b) (ii) and (iii)

(c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (ii) and (iv)

Answer 1

(b)

Question 2

Honeybee makes honey from

 

(a) pollen (b) petals

(c) nectar (d) bud

Answer 1

(c)

Question 3

Below are names of some animals:

(i) Cow

(ii) Sheep

(iii) Horse

(iv) Ox

 

Which of the above are sources of milk for human beings?

 

(a) (i) and (iii)  (b) (i) and (ii)

(c) (ii) and (iii  (d) (iii) and (iv)

Answer 3

(b)

Question 4

Given below is a list of edible plants:

 

(i) Banana  (ii) Pumpkin

(iii) Lady’s finger  (iv) Brinjal

 

Which pair of plants have two or more edible parts?

 

(a) (i) and (ii)

(b) (ii) and (iii)

(c) (iii) and (iv)

(d) (i) and (iv)

Answer 4

(a)

Question 5

The part of a banana plant not used as food is

 

(a) flower

(b) fruit

(c) stem

(d) root

Answer 5

(d)

Question 6

Read each set of terms and identify the odd set

 

(a) Cow, milk, butter

(b) Hen, meat, egg

(c) Goat, milk, meat

(d) Plant, vegetable, butter milk

Answer 6

(d)

Very Short Answer Questions

Question 7

Read the clues and fill up the blanks given below each of them.

 

(a) Honeybees suck from flower.

N ___ ___ T ___ R

(b) Animals which eat other animals.

___ A ___ N ___ V ___ R ___ S

(c) Animals which eat only plants and plant products.

H E ___ B ___ ___ ___ ___ E ___

(d) Animals which eat both plants and animals.

___ M N I ___ O ___ ___ ___

Answer 7

(a) NECTAR  (b) ARNIVORES

(c) HERBIVORES  (d) OMNIVORES

Question 8

Why do boiled seeds fail to sprout?

Answer 8

Boiling kills the seeds.

Question 9

Where do bees store honey?

Answer 9

Bees store their honey in beehives.

Question 10

Name two ingredients in our food that are not obtained from plants or animals. Mention one source for each ingredient.

 

Answer 10

 

(i) Salt from sea water/rocks

(ii) Water from river/well/tap/pond/tube-well/rain

 

Question 11

 

Given below are jumbled words which are names of parts of a plant. Rearrange them to get the correct words.

 

(a) L I L C H I

(b) I T R U F

(c) S E A N B O Y A

(d) G U R S A

(e) R O U N D G U N T

 

Answer 11

 

(a) CHILLI  (b) FRUIT  (c) SOYABEAN  (d) SUGAR  (e) GROUNDNUT

 

 

Short Answer Questions

 

Question 12

 

Identify the animals in the grid given below as Fig. 1.1 and categorize them into herbivore, carnivore and omnivore.

 

 

 

 

Fig.1.1

 

Answer 12

 

 

 

Herbivore: COW, GOAT, HEN

Carnivore: WOLF, LION, FROG

Omnivore: CAT, RAT, CROW, HUMAN, ANT, OWL

Question 13

 

Why should we avoid wastage of food?

 

Answer 13

 

Enough food is not available for all of us/Food is very costly and poor people cannot afford to buy/Any other reason.

 

Question 14

 

Why do organisms need food? Write two reasons.

 

Answer 14

 

Food gives energy to do work/to grow/to repair damaged parts, to protect the body against diseases. (any two)

 

Question 15

 

Match the organisms given in Column I with their part/product in Column II that is used by human beings as food.

 

 

 

Answer 15

 

a-(iii)  b-(i)  c-(iv)  d-(v)  e-(ii)

 

Question 16

 

Label and color the different parts of the plant given below in Fig. 1.2:

 

 

 

Fig.1.2

 

 

Answer 16

 

a- Flower: b- Bud: c- Leaf: d-Stem

 

 

Long Answer Questions

 

Question 17

 

Read the names of animals written in the inner ring of Fig. 1.3. Within the second ring write the types of food they eat and the category to which they belong (based on the eating habit) in the outermost ring. One example has been worked out for you. Use red, green and blue colors for writing.

 

 

 

Fig.1.3

 

 

 

Answer 17

 

Eagle– birds/small animals/ meat/ others– Omnivore

 

Crocodile– fish/snake/animals living near the river banks of river– Carnivore

 

Elephant– grass/sugarcane/leaves/coconut/others– Herbivore

 

Crow– food grains/rat/meat/food items/insects– Omnivore

 

Lion– deer/rabbit/zebra/giraffe/cow/others– Carnivore

 

Question 18

 

Connect the animal with the food it eats by an arrow using different colors in Fig. 1.4. One is done for you.

 

 

Fig.1.4

 

Answer 18

 

Lion®goat, Lizard®insects, spider, Rat®grains; Snake®Rat, Goat®grain/grass, Spider®insects

 

Question 19

 

List two of your favorite food items and mention their ingredients.

 

Answer 19

 

Food item  Ingredients

Dal  Pulses, water, salt, oil, spices.

Idli  Rice, urad dal, salt, water.

 

Any other item can be given as the answer.