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Food Where Does It Come: Extra Questions

Food is needed by all living organisms to provide energy for activities, growth, repair and maintenance of health. Humans and other animals obtain food from both plants and other animals, making them omnivores. Plants produce food for themselves and other organisms through photosynthesis. Food provides energy, nutrients and other benefits essential for survival.

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Food Where Does It Come: Extra Questions

Food is needed by all living organisms to provide energy for activities, growth, repair and maintenance of health. Humans and other animals obtain food from both plants and other animals, making them omnivores. Plants produce food for themselves and other organisms through photosynthesis. Food provides energy, nutrients and other benefits essential for survival.

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Food Where Does It Come

Extra Questions
Question 1.
Define the term food.
Answer:
Eatables taken by human beings and animals which provide them energy for various
activities, for growth and good health, are called food.

Question 2.
What do you mean by food habit?
Answer:
The habit of an individual owing to which it takes a particular type of food depending
on its taste and availability is called food habit.

Question 3.
Define the term ingredients.
Answer:
The materials that are needed to prepare a particular type of dish are called
ingredients.

Question 4.
Explain the importance of food for living organisms.
Answer:
Food is needed by all living organisms for the following reasons:

 It provides us energy to do various activities.


 It helps in growth.
 It helps in repair and replacement of damaged parts of the body.
 It protects us from infections and diseases.

Question 5.Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

1. We feel …………….. when we have no food for some time.


2. ……………. living beings need food.
3. Children need food for ………………. .
4. If food is not given for long, most of the known living beings will ……………. .
5. We get ……………… after eating food.
6. Different organisms eat …………….. kinds of food.
7. Mustard ………………….. are used as spices and oil.
8. We get food from ………………… as well as animals.
9. We use ……………… energy when we run than when we walk.
10. We use ……………… energy when we sleep.
11. Each of us should make sure not to ……………… food.
12. Human beings are ……………. .
Answer:

1. weak
2. All
3. growth
4. die
5. energy
6. different
7. seeds
8. Plants
9. more
10. less
11. waste
12. omnivore

Question 6.
State -whether the statements given below are True or False:

1. Different people have different choices of food.


2. If a person does not get food he feels weak and is likely to fall ill.
3. Human beings, animals, birds, insects, etc. eat the same type of food.
4. There is no effect on our ability to do work even if we do not eat food for a
day.
5. Lion is omnivorous.
6. Plants give us more varieties of food than animals.
7. Cooked food can be easily consumed and absorbed by our body.
8. There is a range of food items eaten over various states of India.
9. For every item that we eat there are a number of persons who have
contributed.
10. Leaves absorb sunlight and prepare food using chlorophyll.

Answer:

1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. False
6. True
7. True
8. True
9. True
10. True

Question 7.MCQ : Choose the correct answer


(i) Which part of a mustard plant is edible?
(a) Seeds and flowers
(b) Leaves and flowers
(c) Seeds and leaves
(d) Stem and roots
Answer:
(c) Seeds of mustard are used for oil and spices while leaves are used as
vegetables.

(ii) Honey bees are often seen sitting on flowers. Why do they do so?
(a) They like flowers
(b) They lay eggs on flowers
(c) They suck nectar from flowers
(d) All of these
Answer:
(c) Bees collect nectar from flowers and convert it into honey.

(iii) Which one is the best for health?


(a) Boiled seeds
(b) Roasted seeds
(c) Wet swollen seeds
(d) Sprouted seeds
Answer:
(d) Sprouted seeds are the best for health.

(iv) Which one of the following set comprises only herbivorous animals?
(a) Cow, goat, rabbit, deer
(b) Cow, goat, rabbit, wolf
(c) Wolf, goat, rabbit, deer
(d) Cow, crow, crane, camel
Answer:(a)

(v) Animals which eat both plants and flesh of other animals are called
(a) herbivores
(b) carnivores
(c) omnivores
(d) sanguinivores
Answer:
(c) Animals which eat both plants and flesh of other animals are called omnivores.

(vi) Human beings are


(a) herbivores
(b) carnivores
(c) omnivores
(d) decomposers
Answer:
(c) Human beings eat herbs as well as meat and eggs.

(vii) Which one of the following sets is not correct?


(a) Cow, rabbit, deer, goat
(b) Tiger, lion, wolf, panther
(c) Bear, crow, cat
(d) Rabbit, deer, cat, wolf
Answer:
(d) All other sets have only one type of animals.

(viii) Which one is not a food for a squirrel?


(a) Grains
(b) Small insects
(c) Fruits
(d) All of these
Answer:
(b) Squirrel is a herbivorous animal.

(ix) Rearing and management of fishes in large scale is called


(a) agriculture
(b) apiculture
(c) pisciculture
(d) horticulture
Answer:
(c) Rearing and management of fishes is called pisciculture.

(x) Which of the following is a root vegetable ?


(a) Potato
(b) Carrot
(c) Cucumber
(d) Onion
Answer:
(b) Carrot is a root.

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