Food: Where Does it Come From? | Class 6

Food:  Where Does it Come From?

Food materials and Sources

Fruits and vegetables, where do they come from? Plants, of course! What are the sources of rice or wheat? You may have seen paddy or wheat fields with rows and rows of plants, which give us these grains. And then, there are food items like milk, eggs, and meat, which come from animals.

➤ Plants are the sources of food ingredients like grains, cereals, vegetables, and fruits.

➤ Animals provide us with milk, meat products, and eggs. Cows, goats, and buffaloes are some common animals that give us milk. Milk and milk products like butter, cream, cheese, and curd are used all over the world.

➤ The main sources of our food are plants and animals.

Q) Any of our food comes from sources other than plants and animals? (Like ➜ water)

PLANT PARTS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS AS FOOD

Plants are one source of our food. Which parts of a plant?

➤ We eat many leafy vegetables. We eat fruits of some plants. Sometimes roots, sometimes stems, and even flowers

Edible parts of the plant

Some plants have two or more edible (eatable) parts. Seeds of mustard plants give us oil and the leaves are used as a vegetable.

➤ A small white structure may have grown out of the seeds. If so, the seeds have sprouted

Q) Do you know where honey comes from, or how it is produced?

➤ Bees collect nectar (sweet juices) from flowers, convert it into honey and store it in their hive.

Beehive

Categories of Animals on the basis of food habits 

➤ Animals that eat only plants are called herbivores. (Cow, goat, etc)

➤ Animals that eat only animals are called carnivores. (Lion, tiger, etc)

➤ Animals that eat both plants, as well as other animals, are called omnivores. (Bears, squirrels, etc)

 

 References 

1. NCERT Science Class 6