1. Do you
find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
Answer:
No,
different animals eat different kinds of food.
Depending
on kind of food they eat, animals are divided into three categories -
Herbivores:
Animals which feed on plants and plant products are called herbivores. For example
cow and goat
Carnivores:
Animals which feed on other animals are called carnivores. For example lion and
tiger
Omnivores:
Animals which feed on both plants and animals are called omnivores. For example
Human beings and crow.
2.
Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Answer:
Names
of plants and their parts that we eat are
(a)
Tomato - Fruits
(b)
Carrot - Root
(c)
Spinach - Leaf
(d)
Potato - Stems
(e)
Rice - Seeds
3. Match the
items given in Column A with that in Column B
|
Column A
|
Column B
|
|
Milk,
curd, paneer, ghee
Spinach,
cauliflower, carrot
Lions
and tigers
Herbivores
|
eat
other animals
eat
plants and plant products
are
vegetables
are
all animal products
|
Answer:
|
Column A
|
Column B
|
|
Milk,
curd, paneer, ghee
Spinach,
cauliflower, carrot
Lions
and tigers
Herbivores
|
are
all animal products
are
vegetables
eat
other animals
eat
plants and plant products
|
4. 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 ______.
Answer:
(a)
Tiger is a carnivore because it eats only meat.
(b)
Deer eats only plant products and so, is called herbivore.
(c)
Parrot eats only plant products.
(d)
The milk that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an
animal product.
(e)
We get sugar from sugarcane.