NCERT Solutions for class 6 Science Food: where does it come from?

Exercise question and answers

Q1: Do you find that all the living beings need the same kind of food?

Ans: No, different living beings need different types of food. A herbivore such as deer need plant and plant product to eat. A carnivore such as tiger needs meat to eat. Omnivores such as bear need either grass or fish to eat.

Q2: Name five plants and their parts that we eat.

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Q3: Match the items in column A with that in column B

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Q4: Fill in the blanks with the word given:

1. Tiger is a carnivore because it eats only meat.
2. Deer eats only plant and plant products and so, is called herbivore.
3. Parrot eats only plant products.
4. The milk that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goat is an animal product.
5. We get sugar from sugarcane.

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