NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Science Chapter 1 Food Where Does it Come From?

1. Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?

Answer: No, the food requirement is different for all living beings. Therefore, depending on different food requirements, living beings are classified into 3 types herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.

1. Herbivores – The animals that eat only plants are called herbivores. Some herbivores animals are sheep, deer, elephant, cow, panda,etc.
2. Carnivores – The animals that eat other animals are called carnivores. Some carnivores animals are wolf, tiger, lion, frog, etc.
3. Omnivores – The animals that eat both plants as well as animals are called omnivores. Some omnivores animals are chicken, crow, rat, etc.

2. Name five plants and their parts that we eat.

Answer: Carrot plant – Root, Papaya tree – Fruit, Corn – Seeds, Coriander plant – Leaves, Cabbage – Flower.

3. Match the items given in Column A with that in Column B

Column A	Column B
Milk, Curd, Paneer, Ghee	Eat other animals
Spinach, Cauliflower, Carrot	Eat plants and plants product
Lions and Tigers	Are vegetables
Herbivores	Are all animal products

Answer:

Column A	Column B
Milk, Curd, Paneer, Ghee	Are all animal products
Spinach, Cauliflower, Carrot	Are vegetables
Lions and Tigers	Eat other animals
Herbivores	Eat plants and plants product

4. Fill up the blanks with the words given: herbivore, plant, milk, sugarcane, carnivore

(a) Tiger is a ____________________ because it eats only meat.

Answer: Carnivore.

(b) Deer eats only plant products and so, is called ______________.

Answer: Herbivore.

(c) Parrot eats only _________________ products.

Answer: Plant.

(d) The ________________ that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an animal product.

Answer: Milk.

(e) We get sugar from ___________________.

Answer: Sugarcane.

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