EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL
27/07/2021
CLASS-6 SESSION 2021-22 (Slot-1)
SCIENCE Chapter-1
WHere does it come from?
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Q. 1. Do you find that all living
beings need the same kind of food?
Ans. No, all living beings
do not need same kind of food.
Q.2. Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Ans. The names of five
plants and their parts that we eat are:
(i) Paddy: seeds
(ii) Wheat: seeds
(iii) Mustard plant: seeds and leaves
(iv) Brinjal plant: fruits
(v) Potato plant: stems
Q.
4. Fill up the blanks with the words given:
(a) Tiger is acarnivorebecause it eats
only meat.
(b) Deer eats only plant products and so is
called_______herbivore_______ .
(c) Parrot eats only plant
(d) The_milk that we drink, which comes
from cows, buffaloes and goats is
an animal product.
(e) We get sugar from sugarcane
I. VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE
QUESTIONS
Q. 1. Give two examples where two or more parts of a single plant are used
as food.
Ans. Mustard — seeds and
leaves,
Pumpkin — fruit and flowers.
2. Name any one plant that grows in
water and is eaten as food.
Ans. Lotus — Stem of lotus
is eaten as food.
Q.3. Suggest any three ways you can think of to avoid wastage of food.
Ans. (i) Avoid leaving
food uneaten in meals.
(ii) “Eat to live” and not “live to eat” — excess eating should be avoided.
(iii) Raw food like pulses, grains should be stored properly.
Q.4. Name two sugar
producing plants.
Ans. (a)
Sugarcane
(b) Sugarbeet.
Q.5. Name a
non-green plant that we eat.
Ans. Mushroom.
II. SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q.l. What is food?
Ans. The eatable substances eaten by
humans and other animals to get energy for various activities for growth and
development is called food.
Ans. We should eat cooked food
because by cooking we can kill harmful germs and make it germless. Cooked food
can be easily digested and absorbed by our body. Cooking also improves the
taste of food.
Q.3. Explain the importance of food for living organisms.
Ans. Importance of food is:
(i) It provides energy to do
various activities.
(ii) It helps in growth.
(iii) It helps to repair and replace damaged parts of the body.
(iv) It protects us from infections and diseases.
Q.4. Explain the various sources of
food items and ingredients with the help of examples.
Ans. There are mainly two sources
of ingredients of various food items:
(i) Plants: Plants provide us fruits, vegetables, pulses, grains, cereals,
etc.
(ii) Animals: Animals provide us milk, eggs, meat etc.
