NCERT SOLUTIONS CLASS 6 CHAPTER 1 – Food: Where does it come from?

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

Solution 1

No, the food requirements of all living organisms are different.

On the basis of food requirements, living organisms are categorised into three:

• Herbivores: Animals that eat only plants and products of plants. For example Buffalo, Cow, Goat, Sheep, Elephant, Donkey, Giraffe, Deer, Camel etc.
• Carnivores: Animals that eat other animals as food. For example Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Fox, Shark etc.
• Omnivores: Animal that eats both plants and animals as food. For example Dog, Crow, rat, Hens, Pigs, etc.

Question 2 Name five plants and the parts that we eat.

Solution 2

Question 3 match the items given in column A with that in column B

Solution 3

Question 4 Fill up the blanks with the words given:

herbivore, plant, milk, sugarcane, carnivore

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

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

(c) Parrot eats only _________________ products.

(d) The ________________ that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and

goats are an animal product.

(e) We get sugar from ___________________

Solution 4

(a) Carnivore

(b) Herbivore.

(c) Plant

(d) Milk

(e) Sugarcane