CHAPTER 1
Food : Where does it come from?
FOOD VARIETY
FOOD
Food is the part that we eat that provides nourishment to our bodies. Rice, chapati, curry, fruits, vegetables, cheese, bread, milk, curd, butter, and so on are examples of foods.
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients are the components or materials needed to prepare a food item. Different types of vegetables and spices, for example, are ingredients in sambar.
FOOD MATERIALS AND SOURCES
FOOD ITEMS
Every day, we consume a variety of foods. Each of these dishes necessitates the use of specific ingredients. Chicken curry, for example, is prepared with chicken, spices, oil/ghee, and water.
FOOD SOURCES
A food item’s ingredients can come from either plants or animals. Thus, there are plant-based and animal-based products. For instance, we obtain rice grains from rice plants. Chicken is an animal-based food source. Salt and water constitute the third category.
Part of Plants and Animal Products as Food
PLANT PRODUCTS
Plant products are the foods that we obtain from plants. For instance, ginger is a plant whose root we use in cooking.
ANIMAL PRODUCTS
Animal products are foods derived from animals. For example, milk, butter, chicken, meat, and honey.
What Do Animals Eat?
FOOD HABITS
Food habits refer to the way in which living organisms eat or the foods they choose. For instance, a rabbit consumes grass or plant-based food.
Herbivores
Herbivores are animals that eat plants. For example, a cow or a goat.
Carnivores
Carnivores are animals that feed on other animals. For example, lion, tiger, etc.
Omnivores
Omnivores are animals that feed on both plants and other animals. For instance, bears. They feed on both flesh and honey.
CBSE Book-Based Ques./Ans.
Exercise Questions
- Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
Solution:
No, all living beings do not need the same kind of food. Some animals eat plants as food, and they are called herbivores. Some animals eat other animals, and they are called as Carnivores. Some others eat food from plant sources as well as animals, and such living beings are called omnivores.
- Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Solution:
Brinjal- Fruit
Groundnut- Seed
Potato- Stem
Spinach- Leaves
Beetroot- Roots
- 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 plants and plant products
Lions and tigers Are vegetables
Herbivores Are all animal products
Solution:
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 plants and plant products
- Fill up the blanks with the words given: herbivore, plant, milk, sugarcane, carnivore
(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 ___________________.
Solution:
(a) Tiger is a carnivore because it eats only meat.
(b) Deer eats only plant products and so, is called herbivore.
(c) Parrot eats only plant products.
(d) The milk that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an animal product.
(e) We get sugar from Sugarcane.