Class 6 Science - Chapter Food: Where Does It Come From? NCERT Solutions | Name five plants and their parts that we

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

Match the items given in Column A with that in Column B

Column A                                     Column B
Milk, curd, paneer, ghee               eat other animals
Spinach, cauliflower, carrot          eat plants and plant products
Lions and tigers                            are vegetables
Herbivores                                    are all animal products

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 is an animal product.
(e) We get sugar from ___________________.

(a) Which kind of garbage is not converted into compost by the redworms?
(b) Have you seen any other organism besides redworms, in your pit? If yes, try to find out their names. Draw pictures of these.

Rearrange the boxes given below to make a sentence that helps us understand opaque objects.

To walk through a waterlogged area, you usually shorten the length of your dress by folding it. Can this change be reversed?

Name the major nutrients in our food.

Classify the following fibres as natural or synthetic:
nylon, wool, cotton, silk, polyester, jute

Name five objects which can be made from wood.

Why do we need to separate different components of a mixture? Give two examples.

Correct the following statements and rewrite them in your notebook.
(a) Stem absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
(b) Leaves hold the plant upright.
(c) Roots conduct water to the leaves.
(d) The number of petals and sepals in a flower is always equal.
(e) If the sepals of a flower are joined together, its petals are also joined together.
(f) If the petals of a flower are joined together, then the pistil is joined to the petal.

Fill in the blanks:
(a) Joints of the bones help in the ——————— of the body.
(b) A combination of bones and cartilages forms the _______ of the body.
(c) The bones at the elbow are joined by a ______________________ joint.
(d) The contraction of the _____________ pulls the bones during movement.

What is a habitat?

State for each of the following whether it is due to evaporation or condensation:
(a) Water drops appear on the outer surface of a glass containing cold water.
(b) Steam rising from wet clothes while they are ironed.
(c) Fog appearing on a cold winter morning.
(d) Blackboard dries up after wiping it.
(e) Steam rising from a hot girdle when water is sprinkled on it.

The component of air used by green plants to make their food, is ___________.

Fill up the blanks
(a) The presence of specific features, which enable a plant or an animal to live in a particular habitat, is called .
(b) The habitats of the plants and animals that live on land are called habitat.
(c) The habitats of plants and animals that live in water are called habitat.
(d) Soil, water and air are the ———— factors of a habitat.
(e) Changes in our surroundings that make us respond to them, are called .

Classify the following fibres as natural or synthetic:
nylon, wool, cotton, silk, polyester, jute

You are given an iron strip. How will you make it into a magnet?

Which of the following statements are “true” ?
(a) Water vapour is present in air only during the monsoon. ( )
(b) Water evaporates into air from oceans, rivers and lakes but not from the soil.( )
(c) The process of water changing into its vapour, is called evaporation.( )
(d) The evaporation of water takes place only in sunlight.( )
(e) Water vapour condenses to form tiny droplets of water in the upper layers of air where it is cooler.( )

Which of the following leaves have reticulate venation?
Wheat, tulsi, maize, grass, coriander (dhania), China rose

Indicate true (T) and false (F) among the following sentences.
(a) The movement and locomotion of all animals is exactly the same. ( )
(b) The cartilages are harder than bones. ( )
(c) The finger bones do not have joints. ( )
(d) The fore arm has two bones. ( )
(e) Cockroaches have an outer skeleton. ( )

Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.

Do you think it is better to use compost instead of chemical fertilisers? Why?