Food: Where does it come from? (Part - 1)
Food: Where does it come from? (Part - 1)
Q.l. What is food?
Ans. Food is a substance eaten by us to do work, grow, maintain our body and remain healthy.
Q.2. 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.3. What do you call the habit of an individual to eat a particular
type of food items commonly?
Ans. Food habit.
Q.4. Compare your food habits with food habits of your friend who lives
in Tamil Nadu.
Ans. My food habit: Chapatti, pulses, lassi, rice, vegetables,
mustard oil.
Food habit of my friend: Idli, dosa, sambhar, bara, rasam, upma and coconut
oil, etc.
Q.5. 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.6. Name two sugar producing plants.
Ans. (a)
Sugarcane
(b) Sugarbeet.
Q.7. Name a non-green plant that we eat.
Ans. Mushroom.
Q.8. What items are used to prepare cooked rice?
Ans. Raw rice and water.
Q.9. Study the ingredients of various food items. Do they have some
common food ingredients?
Ans. Yes, they have some common ingredients like: water, salt and
oil or ghee.
Q.10. What are the two common sources of most of the ingredients of food
items?
Ans. (i)
Plants
(ii) Animals
Q.11. Name the three products each provided by plants and animals.
Ans. Plant products: Grains, cereals and vegetables.
Animal products: Milk, egg and meat.
Q.13. Draw and Label the structure of a Plant.
