Solution of Chapter 1. Food: Where Does It Come From? (NCERT - Science Exemplar Book)

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?

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?

Honeybee makes honey from

Below are names of some animals :

(i) Cow

(ii) Sheep

(iv) Horse

(iv) Ox

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

Given below is a list of edible plants:

(i) Banana

(ii) Pumpkin

(iii) Lady’s finger

(iv) Brinjal

Which pair of plant have two or more edible parts?

The part of a banana plant not used as food is

Read each set of term and identify the odd set

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 products.

H E _ B _ _ _ _ E

(d) Animals which eat both plants and animals.

_ M N I _ O _ _ _

Why do boiled seeds fail to sprout?

Where do bees store honey?

Name two ingredients in our food that are obtained from plants or animals. Mention one source for each ingredient.

Given below are jumble words which are names of parts of plants. Rearrange them to get the correct words.

(a) T 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

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

Why should we avoid wastage of food?

Why do organisms need food? Write two reasons.

Match the organisms given in Column I with their part/ product in Column II that is used by a human

being as food.

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

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 worked out for you. Green and blue colours for writing.

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

List two of your favorite food items are mentioned their ingredients.