Extra Questions on Plant Parts and Animal Products as Food

Extra Questions on Plant Parts and Animal Products as Food

Question 1.
Write the names of the plants that provide us:

1. Vegetables
2. Fruits
3. Cereals or grains
4. Pulses
5. Oil or fat.

Answer:
Various types of food given by plants are as follows:

1. Vegetables: Tomato, cabbage, spinach, potato, etc.
2. Fruits: Banana, grapes, apple, etc.
3. Cereals or grains: Rice, wheat, barley, ragi, etc.
4. Pulses: Gram, pea, beans, etc.
5. Oil or fat: Mustard, groundnut, sunflower, etc.

Question 2.

1. Which part of the plants do we eat generally?
2. Write the names of some more edible parts of the plants.

Answer:

1. Generally we eat fruits of many plants.
2. Besides fruits, we also eat flowers, leaves, roots, rhizomes and stem of some plants. Various edible parts of plants with some examples are listed below:

Edible part of plants	Examples
1. Roots	Beet, Carrot, Sweet potato, Radish, etc.
2. Stem	Onion, Potato, Ginger, Sugarcane, etc.
3. Leaves	Spinach, Soya-methi, Bathua, etc.
4. Flowers	Cauliflower
5. Seeds	Mustard, Sweet pea, Lotus, Groundnut
6. Fruits	Banana, Mango, Apple, etc.

Question 3.
Name some plants which have two or more edible parts.
Answer:
Examples of plants having two edible parts, and the food obtained are given below:

Name of plant	First edible part		Second edible part
	Part	Food type	Part	Food type
Mustard	Seeds	Spices, oil	Leaves	Vegetables
Lotus	Seeds	Dry fruit	Stem	Vegetables
Radish	Root	Vegetable	Leaves	Vegetables
Methi	Seeds	Spices	Leaves	Vegetables
Drum stick	Fruit	Vegetable	Flowers	Vegetables
Gram	Seeds	Pulse	Leaves	Vegetables

Question 4.
What is honey? What is its importance?
Answer:
A sweet substance (liquid) prepared by bees from the nectar, i.e., sweet juice collected from flowers, is called honey.
Honey consists of water, sugar, minerals and enzymes. It is easily digestible, and used in medicines as an antiseptic (which destroys the growth of microorganisms).

Question 5.
From where does honey come? How is it produced and collected?
Answer:
We get honey from honey bees.
Production of honey: Honey bees develop their nests called hives on tall trees and buildings. (Fig. 1.2). Bee workers collect nectar from flowers and store in container. The honey bees are also reared in artificial hives.
Extraction of honey: Honey is extracted from bee hives either manually or with the of an artificial help extractor.

Question 6.
We know that every item that we eat is contributed by a number of persons. Show various contributors involved when we eat a chapati (through a flow chart).
Answer:

Question 7.
Make flow charts for the preparation of (a) ghee (b) honey.
Answer:
(a)

(b)

Question 8.
Which parts of a plant are eaten as food?
Answer:
The following parts of a plant are eaten as food:

• Roots
• Stem
• Leaves
• Flowers
• Fruits
• Seeds
• Spices

Question 9.
Define sprouted seeds.
Answer:
The germinating seeds at the initial stage when a white structure grows out from the seed (radicle) are called sprouted seeds.

Activity 4.
From all the food items you have listed in Table 1.3, choose those items whose ingredients are obtained from plants. Which part of a plant? Identify these and list the food items and plant parts as shown in Table 1.4.