NCERT Exemplar Solutions Class 6 Science Food Where Does It Come From

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:  Given below are the names of some animals:

i)        Goat

ii)       Human beings

iii)     Cockroach

iv)     Eagle

Which of the above animals form a pair of omnivores?

a)      (i) and (ii)

b)      (ii) and (iii)

c)       (iii) and (iv)

d)      (ii) and (iv) 

Solution 1:  The right thing for which selection is made is b) (ii) and (iii). 

Human beings and cockroaches are the only species among the given selections that take food both soft body part and plants, thus are called omnivores.

Goats take food only plants thus are called herbivores and great birds i.e. eagles take food only soft body part, so they come under the group of the carnivores.

Question 2:   Honeybee makes honey from:

i)        Pollen

ii)       Petals

iii)     Nectar

iv)     Bud   

Solution 2:  The right thing for which selection is made is c) Nectar. 

Honeybees take the Nectar (sweet liquid from flowers) from the flower, keep it to their houses for bees and one who changed beliefs it into dear one and store it as food.

Question 3:   Below are the names of some animals:

i)        Cow

ii)       Sheep

iii)     Horse

iv)     Ox 

Which of the above are sources of milk for human beings?

a)      (i) and (iii) 

b)      (i) and (ii) 

c)       (ii) and (iii) 

d)      (iii) and (iv) 

Solutions 3:  The right thing for which selection is made is b) (i) and (ii). 

Cow and sheep, also experienced as milch animals i.e. they are kept for getting milk. Ox and horses are rough wind animal i.e. they are used for transport and in farming.

Question 4:   Given below is a list of edible plants:

i)      Banana

ii)     Pumpkin 

iii)    Lady's finger

iv)    Brinjal 

Which pair of plants has two or more edible parts?

a)      (i) and (ii)

b)      (ii) and (iii) 

c)      (iii) and (iv) 

d)      (i) and (iv) 

Solution 4: The right thing for which selection is made is a) (i) and (ii).                                                         

Bnana has three foods parts that are fruit, flower and stem. And pumpkin fruit with a great many seeds has 2 foods parts, which are flower and fruit. In lady finger and brinjal only the fruit can taken food. 

Question 5:   The parts of a banana plant not used as food is:

a)      Flower

b)      Fruit

c)       Stem

d)      Root 

Solution 5: The right thing for which selection is made is d) root. 

 Fruit, stem and flower are all food parts of a banana plant.

Question 6:   Read each set of terms and identify the odd set:

a)      Cow, milk, butter

b)      Hen, meat, egg

c)       Goat, milk, meat

d)      Plant, vegetable, butter milk

Solution 6:  The right thing for which selection is made is d) Plant, vegetable, butter milk. 

We get vegetable from plants, whereas butter milk from cows or buffaloes.
We get butter from milk and milk from cows. 

A Hen is able to be eaten by carnivores and it gives us egg.
Goat is also eaten by carnivores and it also gives us milk.

Very Short Answer Questions

Question 7:  Read the clues and fill up the blanks given below each of them.

a)      Honeybees suck from flower.  N _ _ T _ R

b)      Animals which eat other animals.  _ A _ N _ V _ R _ S

c)       Animals which eat only plants and plant products. HE _ BE _ _ _ _ E _

d)      Animals which eat both plants and animals.  _ M N I _ O _ _ _. 

Solution 7:

a) NECTAR

b) CARNIVORES

c) HERBIVORES

d) OMNIVORES

Question 8:   Why do boiled seeds fail to sprout? 

 Solution 8:   After boiling, seeds lose their habit/desire to grow, they are basically dead. That is why they do not grow i.e., fail to sprout.

Question 9:  Where do bees store honey? 

Solution 9:   The place where bees store honey is called beehive. It is the home of bees.

Question 10:   Name two ingredients in our food that are not obtained from plants or animals. Mention one source for each ingredient.  

Solution 10:    The two components in our food which are not get from plants or animals are salt and water.

i)        Salt is a natural crystal in the shape of a mineral white cube found in water bodies such as oceans. 

ii)       Water originates from natural sources of water, such as the rainfall, river, lake, pond, etc.

Question 11:  Given below are jumbled words which are names of parts of a plant. Rearrange them to get the correct words.

a)      LILCHI 

b)      ITRUF 

c)       SEANBOYA 

d)      GURSA

e)      ROUNDGUNT 

Solution 11:

a)      Chilli

b)      Fruit

c)       Soyabean

d)      Sugar

e)      Groundnut

Short Answer Questions

Question 12:  Identify the animals in the grid given below as Fig. 1.1 and categorize them into herbivore, carnivore and omnivore.

Solution 12:

 Herbivore animals - Goat, Hen, Cow.

Carnivore animals - Lion, Frog, Wolf.

Omnivores animals - Human, Ant, Owl, Rat, Cat, Crow.

Question 13:  Why should we avoid wastage of food? 

Solution 13:   We should avoid wasting food because-

i)        Food is expensive and many people, the poor, are unable to buy even the basic needed/demanded food adds to/helpful additions.

ii)       Wastage of food also cause load on agriculture to produce more amount of food.

iii)     If food is thrown away or wasted, it will cause harm to the soil. Once they lose its freshness, the bacteria decompose them to produce harmful greenhouse gas which cause harm to the environment.

Question 14:   Why do organisms need food? Write two reasons. 

 Solution 14:   All the organisms need food-

i)        Organisms need to take food to get energy and perform life processes.

ii)       A living organism undergoes many life processes like nutrition, respiration, digestion, transportation, excretion, circulation of blood, and reproduction. To perform all these life processes the organism needs energy and nutrients. 

Question 15:  Match the organisms given in column I with their part product in column II that is used by human beings as food

Solution 15:  Cannot be solved due to misinformation.

Question 16:   Label and color the different parts of the plant given below in Fig 1.2

Solution 16:  Different parts of the flower are-

a)      Flower.

b)      Floral bud.

c)       Leaf.

d)      Stem.

Long Answer Questions

Question 17:  Read the names of animals written in the inner ring of Fig. 1.3. Within the second ring write the types of food they eat and the category to which they belong (based on the eating habit) in the outermost ring. One example has been worked out for you.

Solution 17:

Question 18:  Connect the animal with the food it eats by an arrow using different colors in fig 1.4. One is done for you.

Solution 18: 

Question 19:  List two of your favorites items and mention their ingredients. 

Solution 19:

i)        Vegetable curry- Vegetable, Salt, Spices, Oil, Water.

ii)       Dal- Pulses, Salt, Spices, Ghee, Water.