Class 6 Science Chapter 1 MCQ

Salt is obtained from sea water and rocks. And water is obtained from tap/river/rain etc. Both are not associated with the plant or animals.

There are some animals which eat both plants and animals, called Omnivores.

A honeybee starts the honey making process by visiting flowers and gathering some of its nectar (sweet juices). This nectar is converted into honey and store in their hives.

Both plants and animals are the sources of our food. Generally, human beings come to a category of Omnivores.

Rice, pulses, mustard, peanuts, wheat, soya-bean all are the example of seeds that human beings mostly eat as a food.

The mustard plant with edible part as seed and leaf is used widely. The mustard seeds are used as species. The seeds are pressed to make mustard oil and edible leaves are consumed as mustard greens.

Cow and sheep are the sources of milk for human beings.

Milk, rice and sugar are the ingredients to making kheer except salt.

There are some animals which eat other animals called carnivores.

A small white structure grown out of the seeds when they get proper water, moisture, temperature, air. The seeds have sprouted.

Bees collect nectar (sweet juices) from flowers, convert it into honey and store it in their hive. Flowers and their nectar may be available only for a part of the year.

Materials required to prepare a food item are called Ingredients. As an example, we take raw rice and boil it in water. Just two materials or ingredients are needed to prepare a dish of boiled rice.

Fruit is eatable part of the banana.

Pulses, peanuts, coconuts, almonds all are comes into seeds category that we eat.

In each set, the term with its edible sources are given. [D] is the odd set because butter and milk are not obtained from plant.

Animals that eat both plants and animals are called Omnivores. Such as, human beings, cockroach, wood peckers, etc. Herbivores are plant eaters, e.g. Goat, Sheep, Horse, etc. Carnivores are meat eaters, e.g. Eagle, Cheetah, etc.

When seeds are planted/wrapped in proper moisture condition, they first grow roots. When this happens, we say that the seed has sprouted. The scientific name for this process is “germination”. As the plant grows and begins to make its own food from nutrients it takes from the soil, it will grow into a larger plant.

Grass, oil cakes, hay, grains and vegetables are taken as food by cattle (e.g. cow, buffalo), which is present in option [A].

Chicken meat is known as “Chicken”, meat of cow is called “Beef”, deer’s meat is known as “Venison” and goat’s meat is known as “Chevon or Mutton”

These are “stems” which situated under the soil and they store their food as vitamins, minerals and many nutrients.

Rice, urad dal, salt and water are the ingredients which are needed to prepare Idli.

The bees store honey in their nest which is known as beehive. It is a densely packed group of hexagonal cells made of beeswax (honeycomb).

Soya bean oil is a vegetable oil that extracted from the seeds of the Soya bean plant. It is also incredibly versatile and can be used in a variety of cooking methods including frying, baking and roasting.

Nutrition is the process by which our body takes in food and uses it for growth and development. We get nutrition from foods and food has many nutrients which are required by our body for maintaining good health.

Plants also give us spices. Cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, pepper, chili, cumin seeds and pepper are some of the plants that give us spices.