Importance of food
Question 1. What is the importance of food?
Answer. Food is required to all the living things in this world.They need it for surviving, for energy, growth and development.
Question 2. What are the basic nutrients that we get from food?
Answer- We get Carbohydrates, Protein, Oils and Fats, Vitamin and Minerals from the food we eat.
Question 3. Why are carbohydrates needed in our food?
Answer- Carbohydrates are needed for getting instant energy.
Question 4. Give examples of food items that contain Carbohydrates in them?
Answer- Milk, Fruits, Cereal, Rice, Potatoes, Corn, etc..
Question 5. Why are proteins needed in our food?
Answer- Proteins are needed for growth and development of our body.
Question 6. Give examples of food items that contain Protein in them?
Answer- Meat, Poultary, Fish, Soyabeans, Pulses, etc.
Question 7. Why Oils and Fats are needed in our food?
Answer- Oil and Fats provide concentrated source of energy.
Question 8. Give examples of food items that contain Oil and fats in them?
Answer- Ghee, Edible Oil, Butter, Whole Milk, Fried food, Dry fruits etc..
Question 9. Why Vitamins and Minerals are needed in our food?
Answer- Vitamins and Minerals provide strength to our skeletal system, bolster our immune system, and mainly help our body grow and work the way it should.
Question 10. Give examples of food items that contain Vitamins and Minerals in them?
Answer- Raw vegetables, fruits, Eggs, Milk, Dry fruits, nuts, etc..
Food Items and their Ingredients.
Question 1. What are Food Ingredients?
Answer- All those food items that are needed to prepare a particular dish are called Food ingredients for that dish. Eg: Ingredients of rice are- Raw rice and water while Ingredients of Veg Biryani are- Raw Rice, vegetables, spices, salt, water, etc.
Question 2. Fill in the Table:
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Serial Number
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Food Item
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Ingredients
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Chapati
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Flour, Water.
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2.
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Dal
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Pulses, Salt, Water, Spices, Ghee/Oil.
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3.
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Kheer
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Milk, Raw Rice, Dry fruits, Sugar.
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4.
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Aaloo Parantha
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Potato, Ghee/ Oil, Flour, Salt.
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5.
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Barfi
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Sugar, Milk, Khoya.
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Food Materials and Resources.
Question 1. From where do we get our food?
Answer: In Nature we get food from Plants and Animals.
Question 2. Which food items do we get from Plants? Give Examples.
Answer: We get Pulses, Flour, Rice, Spices, Fruits and Vegetables etc. from plants.
Question 3. Which food items do we get from Animals? Give Examples.
Answer: We get Milk, Ghee, Meat, Eggs, Honey etc. from Animals.
Question 4. Name 5 plants the flowers of which are eaten?
Answer: Mountain Ebony (Kachnar), Rhododendron (Burans), Rose, Caulifower, Pumpkin.
Question 5. Name 5 plants the bark or stems of which are eaten?
Answer: Bamboo, Green Onion, Cinnamon, Drumsticks, Sugarcane.
Question 6. Name 5 plants the Seeds of which are eaten?
Answer: Wheat, Rice, Fenugreek, Aniseed, Corn
Question 7. Name 5 plants the Fruits of which are eaten?
Answer: Brinjal, Ladyfinger, Mango, Peach, Tomato.
Question 8. Name 5 plants the roots of which are eaten?
Answer: Carrot, Radish, Turnip, Beetroot, Onion.
Question 9. Name 5 plants the leaves of which are eaten?
Answer: Spinach, Cabbage, Mustard, Broccoli, Artichoke, Spring onion.
Question 10. Draw different edible parts of plants;
Animals and their food.
Question 1. What are Herbivores? Give examples?
Answer: Herbivores are those animals which feed only on plants for their survival. Eg: Deer, Cow, Elephant, Horse, Zebra, etc.
Question 2. What are Carnivores? Give examples?
Answer: Carnivores are those animals which feed only on animals for their survival. Eg: Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Hyena, Panther etc.
Question 3. What are Omnivores? Give Examples?
Answer: Omnivores are those animals which feed on animals as well as plants for their survival. Eg: Dog, Cat, Crow, Dolphins, Rats etc.
Topic 5. Exercise Questions.
Question 1. Do you find that all living things need the same kind of food?
Answer: No all living things do not need same kind of food. A Lion cannot feed on grass, a Cow cannot eat meat.
Question 2. Name Five plants and their parts that we eat.
Answer: a) Brinjal- Fruit
b) Wheat- Seed
c) Radish- Root
d) Sugarcane- Stem
e) Spinach- Leaves.
Question 3. Match the item given in column A with Column B
Solution-
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Column A
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Column B
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Milk, Curd, Paneer, Ghee
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Are all animal products.
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Spinach, Cauiflower, Carrot
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Are Vegetables
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Lions and Tigers
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Eat other animals
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Herbivores
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Eat plant and plant products
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Question 4. Fill up the blanks with the words given:
a) Tiger is a CARNIVORE because it only eats meat.
b) Deer eats only plant products and so is called HERBIVORE.
c) Parrot eats only PLANT products.
d) The MILK that we eat , which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an animal product.
e) We get sugar from SUGARCANE(Plant).
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