Food - Where does it Come from? Class 6 Worksheet Science

State True or False

(i) Scavengers help to keep the environment clean.
(ii) Tiger, giraffe and yak provide us milk.
(iii) Honey is prepared by honey bees.
(iv) Lizards eat insects. 
(v) Tomato is a seed of a plant used as vegetable. 
(vi) Sprouted grains give more energy compared to normal grains. 
Sprouted Grains

Fill in the blanks

(i) The ______ of the lotus flower is consumed as food.

(ii) ______ and ______ are used to produce sugar.

(iii) ______ is a non-green plant that we consume as food.

(iv) ______ and  ______ are the two common sources of most of the ingredients of food items that we eat.

(v) We get ______ from food.

Very Short Answer Questions

Q.3. Write any three milk providing animals.

Q.4. What are the three meals we take daily?

Q.5. Write any 3 milk products you take daily.

Q.6. Name a food item which we can prepare from honey.

Q.7. From where do we obtain honey?

Q.8. Write one fruit which is found underground and mention the nutrient found in that fruit.

Q.9. From where does baby plant get food?

Q.10. Which food is more nutritious, sprouts or pulses?

Q.11. Who prepares honey and how?

Q.12. On skipping breakfast we feel tired and exhausted. Why?

Q.13. What is honey?

Q.14. What is food?

Q.15. Why do we cook food? Does food lose its nutrition value when they are cooked?

Short Answer Questions

Q.17. Differentiate among the following:

(i) Herbivores and Carnivores
(ii) Carnivores and Omnivores
(iii) Parasites and Scavengers

Q.18. What are scavengers? How do they help the environment?

Q.19. Why water is important for our body?

Q.20. Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?

Assertion and Reason Questions

Q.21. Assertion (A): Food provides energy for life activities and also protects the body from several diseases and keeps it fit and healthy.
Reason (R): Rice and wheat are cereal foods. They are obtained from animal source.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Q.22. Assertion (A): Herbivores do not eat meat but they can eat fruits.
Reason (R): Cow is a herbivores animal.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Q.23. Assertion (A): Various materials needed to prepare a food item are called ingredients.
Reason (R): To prepare a dish of boiled rice we need just two materials.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Q.24. Assertion (A): We use different parts of plants as our food.
Reason (R): In plants food is stored in root, stem, seeds, fruits but not in flowers.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Q.25. Assertion (A): Dog is an omnivores animal.
Reason (R): An omnivores animal is one that can eat both plant and animal products.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

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