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Food variety:
We eat different kinds of food in our daily routine , likedal , chapati , fish , chicken , rice vegetables , etc.
Food items and their ingredient:
Sr.No. |
Food items | Ingredient |
1 | Rice |
Rice , water , salt, etc |
2 |
Vegetable |
Vegetable , water ,salt, spices, oil etc. |
3 |
Dal | Dal/ pulses , water , salt , spices , oil etc. |
4 | Roti |
Atta , water , |
5 |
Biryani |
Chicken , oil , spices , water etc |
Food Material and sources:
Sr.No. |
Food Material | Sources |
1 | Vegetable |
Plants |
2 |
Fruits | Plants |
3 | Eggs |
Animal |
4 |
Cereals | Plants |
5 | Pulses |
Plants |
6 |
Oil | Plants/ Animals |
7 | Meat |
Animals |
8 |
Spices | Plants |
9 | Honey |
Animals |
10 |
Ghee | Animals |
11 | Milk |
Animals |
Sprouted seeds:
Chana (gram) and whole moong sprouts :
Take a dry seeds of Chana or whole moong and put in container with water and leave them for a day . Next day drain the water completely from the seeds container and wrap them from wet cloth and leave them for a day , next day you will observe that bud like white root come out from the seeds it means that seeds have Sprouted.
Plants Parts:
Plants are divided into two parts I) root system II) Shoot system
I) Root system :
Those parts of plants which is grow below the soil called root system
- Primary root
- Secondary root
II) Shoot system :
Those parts of plants which is grow above the soil called shoot system.
- Stem
- Leaf
- Fruit
- Flower
- Bud
- Node and internode
Different edible parts of plants:
Sr.No. |
Plants | Edible parts of plants |
1 | Carrot |
Root |
2 |
Radish | Root |
3 | potato |
Stem |
4 |
Cabbage | Leaves |
5 | Spinach |
Leaves |
6 |
Pumpkin | Fruit |
7 | Tomato |
Fruit |
8 |
Corn | Seeds |
9 | Beans |
Seeds |
10 |
Broccoli |
Flower |
Animal products as a food :
Animal give us many kinds of food products which is following.
i) Animal like buffalo , goat , cow are some common animal which give us milk.
ii) Animal like bee from beehives we collect honey , bees collect nectar ( sweet juice) from the flowers and convert it into honey and store in the beehive .
iii) Some animals we eat as a meat like goat , fish hens etc.
iv) Some animals give us oil from their fats.
What do animals eat?
Sr.No. | Animal | Animal eat food |
1 | Lion | Meat /animal |
2 | Cow | Grass / cereals |
3 | Buffalo | Grass |
3 | Cat | Milk , birds |
4 | Birds | Grain , fruits |
5 | Squirrel | Nuts |
6 | Spider | Insect |
7 | Butterfly | Nectar of flowers |
8 | Lizard | Insect |
Herbivores :
Those animals which eat plants or plants product are called Herbivores animals.
Example : cow, sheep , horse , deer , rabbit etc
Carnivorous :
Those animals which eat only other animals or mass of other animals called carnivorous animals.
Example: lion , tiger , crocodile , wolf etc.
Omnivorous :
Those animals which eat both plants and other animals are called omnivorous animals.
Example : bear , fox , dogs , cat , rat , human etc.
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