[Short Notes] NCERT Class VI – Science, Food: Where Does It Come From? – Chapter 1
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Ingredients
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Any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish.
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Food Material & Sources
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Plants are the sources of food ingredients like grains, cereals, vegetables and fruits.
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Animals provide us with milk, meat products and eggs.
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Cows, goats and buffaloes are some common animals which give us milk. Milk and milk products like butter,
cream, cheese and curd are used all over the world.
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Plant Parts as Food
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Leafy Vegetables
Fruits
Roots
Stems
Flowers
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Some plants have two or more edible (eatable) parts. Seeds of mustard plants give us oil and the leaves are used as a vegetable.
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Major sources of food are plant and animals. Is there any other source of food ?
See answer at bottom
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Take some dry seeds of moong or chana. Put a small quantity of seeds in a container filled with water and leave this aside for a day.
A small white structure may have grown out of the seeds. If so, the seeds have sprouted.
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Bees collect nectar (sweet juices) from flowers, convert it into honey and store it in their hive.
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Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore
Herbivore : Animals which eat only plants or plant Products.
Carnivore : Animals which eat other animals.
Omnivore : Animals which eat both plants and animals.
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Motivation : There are many amongst us, who do not get sufficient food. We need to find ways by which more food can be grown in the country.
That will not be enough; we will need to find ways to ensure that this food is made easily available to each and every one of us.
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Mains Preparation : Write an essay on
Essay 2 : Is Food Security Law necessary for India?
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Answer : There are sources of food other than plants and animals.
For e.g. Salt is an essential part of our food, salt is a mineral.
Mushroom (or toadstool) is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source.
Bees collect nectar (sweet juices) from flowers, convert it into honey and store it in their hive. We love Honey, isn’t it ?
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