Food: Where does it come from? (Part - 2)
Food: Where does it come from? (Part - 2)
Q.14. What does edible mean?
Ans.
• Edible
comes from a latin word (edere) which means to eat. So something fit to be
eaten is called edible.
• Do
not try to test unknown plants around you to see if they are edible. Some
plants are poisonous (not fit for eating).
Q.15. Name
some plant roots which are eaten as food?
Ans. Some
plants store food in their roots (which are actually modified roots). For
example, carrot, radish, beetroot, sweet potato, turnip.
Q.16. Name
some plant stems which are eaten as food?
Ans. Some
plants store food in their stems (which are actually modified, underground
stems). For example, onion, potato, ginger, garlic, turmeric.
Q.17. Name
some plant leaves which are eaten as food?
Ans. Some
plants store food in their leaves. For example, spinach, cabbage, lettuce,
leaves of mustard plant.
Q.18. Name
some plant flowers which are eaten as food?
Ans. The
flowers of some of the plants are eaten as food. For example: flowers
of banana plant, pumpkin plant, sunflower, Jasmine, gladiolus, dandelion.
Q.19. Name
some plant fruits which are eaten as food?
Ans. There
are some plants which store food in their fruits. We eat the fruits of such
plants as food. For example: apple, orange, mango, pears, banana,
plum, grapes, guava.
Q.20. Name
some plant seeds which are eaten as food?
Ans. Some
of the plants store food in their seeds. We eat the seeds of these plants as
food. For eg: wheat, rice Maize, millet, Peas, pulses, mustard, groundnut, soyabean.
Groundnut
and mustard seeds are called oilseeds because they are
used to extract edible oils which are used for cooking food.
Ans. Examples of
plants which have more than one edible parts in them are-
• Banana- stem, flowers, fruits.
• Methi (fenu greek seeds)- stem, seeds, leaves.
• Coconut- Coconut oil which is extracted from the dried seeds, coconut and coconut water.
• Mustard-Leaves are used as leafy vegetable; Seeds of mustard plant are used to extract mustard oil.
Q.22. Name any one plant that grows in water and is eaten as food.
Ans. A sweet substance (liquid) prepared by bees from the nectar, i.e., sweet juice collected from flowers is called honey.
Preparation of honey:
Q.24. Describe the process
of making sprouts.
Ans. When
the seeds begin to grow by developing tiny roots, they are called sprouts.
The sprouts contain
more of Vitamin A, B, and C which makes them a more nutritious food.
The method of making
sprouts from seeds is called sprouting.
The seeds of moong,
chana are usually converted into sprouts in our homes.
1) Some dry seeds of
Moong /chana.
2) Put a small quantity
of seeds in a container filled with water and leave this aside for a day.
3) Next day, drain the
water completely and leave the seeds in the vessel.
4) Wrap them with a
piece of wet cloth and set aside for one day. Water should be sprinkled time to time to keep it wet.
5) A white structure may have grown out of the seed. This is called sprout.
Q.25. What are herbivores. Give examples.
Ans. The animals which eat only plants or plant products are called
herbivores. For example, Cow, Goat, Horse, Deer, Rhinoceros,
Sheep.
Q.26. What are carnivores? Give examples.
Ans. The-animals which eat other animals are called carnivores. For
example, Lions, tigers, Spiders, Venus fly-trap, Eagles, Owls, Many species of beetles, Sharks.
Q.27. What are omnivores. Give examples.
Ans. The animals which eat both the plants and animals are called
omnivores. For example, Cat, Dog, Human being, Pig, Rat, Bear, Squirrel.
Q.28. Why do green plants termed as 'food producers'?
Ans. Green plants carry green coloured pigment called 'chlorophyll' in them and they make their own food by the process of Photosynthesis by combining water (and nutrients like nitrogen), carbon dioxide gas and energy.
They get carbon dioxide gas from air, water and nutrients from roots, energy from sunlight for photosynthesis.
