RBSE Class 6 Science Important Questions Chapter 1 Food: Where Does it Come From?

Rajasthan Board  RBSE Class 6 Science Important Questions Chapter 1 Food: Where Does it Come From? Important Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 6 Science Chapter 1 Important Questions Food: Where Does it Come From?

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1. 
Which one of the following is a carnivore?
(a) Owl 
(b) Parrot 
(c) Cow 
(d) Sparrow
Answer:
(a) Owl 

 

Question 2. 
Which one of the following is not a milk product?
(a) Cheese 
(b) Honey
(c) Buttermilk 
(d) Butter
Answer:
(b) Honey

Question 3. 
Honeybee makes honey from:
(a) pollen 
(b) petals
(c) nectar 
(d)bud
Answer:
(c) nectar 

Question 4. 
Which of these have two or more edible parts?
(a) Brinj al 
(b) Lady-finger
(c) Pumpkin 
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) Pumpkin 

Question 5. 
Which part of the banana plant is not used as food?
(a) Flower 
(b) Fruit
(c) Stem 
(d) Root
Answer: 
(d) Root

Fill in the Blanks

Question 1.
............... and of mustard plants are used as food.
Answer:
Seeds, leaves

Question 2.  
............... and ............... of pumpkin are used as food.
Answer:
Fruits, flowers

Question 3.    
............... and are sugar-producing plants.
Answer:
Sugarcane, sugar beet

Question 4.   
............... is a non-green plant that we eat.
Answer:
Mushroom

Question 5.  
............... of the banana plant is not eatable.
Answer: 
Root.

State whether True or False

Question 1. 
Milk is the only ingredient of kheer.
Answer:
False

Question 2. 
Honey is obtained from nectar.
Answer:
True

Question 3. 
Mustard, groundnut are seeds.
Answer:
True

Question 4. 
Sugar is obtained from sugarcane. 
Answer:
True

Question 5. 
The Pea plant is a source of protein.
Answer: 
True

Match the followings

Column I	Column II
1. Nectar	(a) eat both plants and animals
2. Ingredients	(b) eat only plant
3. Omnivores	(c) gives energy
5. Sprouted seeds	(d) sweet juices
4. Herbivores	(e) eat only animals
6. Food	(f) seedlings
7. Carnivores	(g) need to prepare food items

Answer:

Column I	Column II
1. Nectar	(d) sweet juices
2. Ingredients	(g) need to prepare food items
3. Omnivores	(a) eat both plants and animals
5. Sprouted seeds	(b) eat only plant
4. Herbivores	(f) seedlings
6. Food	(c) gives energy
7. Carnivores	(e) eat only animals

Very Short Answer Type Questions 

Question 1. 
Define food.
Answer:
Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth is termed as food.

Question 2. 
From where we get the ingredients of food?
Answer: 
Plants and animals are the sources of food ingredients.

Question 3. 
Name the raw materials needed to prepare a dish of boiled rice.
Answer: 
Just two materials or ingredients are needed to prepare boiled rice, they are: 
(a) Raw rice, 
(b) Boiled water.

Question 4. 
What type of food we get from animals and plants?
Answer: 
Animals: Milk, eggs, meat, chicken, fish, prawn, beef, pork, etc.
Plants: Paddy, wheat grains, fruits, flowers, etc.

Question 5. 
From where meat and milk is obtained?
Answer: 
(a) Milk animals are cow, goat, buffalo, camel, etc.
(b) Meat animals are hen, cow, sheep, etc.

Question 6. 
Name the main sources of food. 
Answer:
There are two main sources of food, these are animals and plants.

Question 7. 
Name some ingredients rich in protein.
Answer: 
Urad dal, moong dal, pulses, milk, cheese, paneer, yogurt are rich in protein.

Question 8. 
Which parts of banana plant are used as eatables?
Answer: 
Fruit, stem.

Question 9. 
What is beehive?
Answer: 
It is the place where bees store the honey.

Question 10. 
What are grains?
Answer: 
Any food from cereals, rice, wheat, oats, barley are called grains. Bread, pasta, etc. are few examples of food made from these grains.

Question 11. 
How is sugar obtained?
Answer: 
Sugar is obtained from sugarcane and sugar beet. 

Question 12. 
What do you mean by vegetarians and non-vegetarians?
Answer: 
There are two types of food habits found in our society:
Vegetarians: People who do not eat meat, fish, egg, etc.
Non-vegetarian: People who eat meat, fish, egg, etc.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
What do you understand by food habit? Write the food habits of people living in hilly area and those living in desert areas?
Answer: 
Food habit is the way in which living organisms eat food in terms of choice, availability, quantity and time. People living in hilly area prefer to eat hot food and desert people prefer to eat that type of food which gives them sensation of coldness. 

Question 2.
What are ingredients? Give some examples of vegetarian  and nonvegetarian ingredients.
Answer: 
The raw materials obtained from crops, plants, animals are called ingredients. Different types of vegetarian and non-vegetarian ingredients are water, pulses, salt, oil, ghee, spices, soyabean, milk, egg, meat, chicken, pork, etc.

Question 3. 
What do you mean by edible part? Give examples of parts of plant which are edible (eatable)?
Answer: 
Plants are the major source of food for us. The part of the plant which can be eaten up is known as edible part. Parts of plants which can be eaten up are:
(a) Leaf
(b) Fruits
(c) Root
(d) Seeds Note: The roots which store food are called a tuber, e.g., potato.

Question 4. 
What is sprouted seed? Why we sprout them?
Answer: 
When we leave seeds of moong or chana dipped in water for a longer period of time, then a white structure may grow out of the seeds. This is known as sprouted seeds.

Sprouted food are highly energetic. That is why we need to sprout them.

Question 5. 
Write a short note on scavengers and parasites.
Answer: 
Animals that feed on dead organisms, especially carnivorous animals eat dead animals rather than hunting them. Crow, vultures, hyenas, and wolves are scavengers. A parasite is a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant and gets its food from it. Bedbugs, leeches, mosquitoes, etc. are parasites.

Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
List the varieties of the given food products:

1. Pulses 
2. Cereals or Grains
3. Fruits 
4. Vegetables
5. Oil or Fat

Answer: 

1. Pulses: Gram, pea, beans, etc.
2. Cereals or Grains: Rice, wheat, barley, ragi, etc.
3. Fruits: Banana, grapes, apple, tomato, etc.
4. Vegetables: Cabbage, spinach, potato, etc.
5. Oil or Fat: Mustard, groundnut, sunflower, etc. are obtained from the legume plant family.

Question 2. 
How many types of animals are there on the basis of their eating habits?
Answer: 
There are mainly three types of animals on the basis of their eating habits:
(a) Herbivores: Animals that eat only the green plant or plant products like seeds, nectar, flower, etc. are known as herbivores, e.g. cows, deer, goats, etc.
(b) Carnivores: Animals that eat only flesh are known as carnivores, e.g. tigers, lions, etc.
(c) Omnivores: Animals that eat both green plants and flesh are known as omnivores, e g. human beings, cat, etc.