Food Materials and Sources
Food Materials and Sources: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Food Ingredients, Sources of Food & Plants as Food Source etc.
Important Questions on Food Materials and Sources
Can we imagine a world without plants?
Which of the following is a root of its parent plant?
Which of the following components of food are carbohydrates?
Which of these protein-rich food is different from the rest in terms of the source it is obtained from?
Which part of wheat plant do we use to make chapatis?
Which of the following parts of rice plant do we consume as food?
Which of these components of food is detected by iodine test?
Why is it harmful to take excessive fat in food?
Which of the following is the energy giving component of food?
Why do boiled seeds fail to sprout?
The groups below list some food items and the source from which they are obtained.
Identify the group in which the food items and the listed source do not match.
The list of some food materials obtained from plant source is given.
| mango | brinjal | sesame | green gram | foxtail millets | amarnath (harive) |
| palak | groundnut | lemon | beetroot | fenugreek seeds | sunflower seeds |
| sweet potato | redgram | jowar | black gram | orange | little millet |
Paddy, foxtail millets, meat, pearl millet, mango, cheese, ragi, ghee, egg, cauliflower, milk, fenugreek seeds, carrot, buttermilk, radish.
Classify the food materials given above and write them in the table given below.
| Food materials from plant source | Food materials from an animal source |
Food is prepared by using one, two or more _____. (food products, vegetables, ingredients)
Which food stuff do we get from plants and animal? Complete the following table:
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Food stuff obtained from the plants |
Food stuff obtained from the animals |
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Sugar |
Milk |
Rohan’s fridge is always full of fresh and healthy food sourced from plants and animals.
Write A next to the food items obtained from animals and P next to those obtained from plants.
Which of these is obtained from plants?
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
We spray _____ (weedicides/insecticides) to prevent insects from attacking plants.
Tanu had a cheese omelet and some milk for breakfast. She had rice, dal, chapattis, and peas and potato curry for lunch. Later in the afternoon, she had an apple and some grapes. At dinner, she had rice and fish curry.
1. Classify the food items Tanu had throughout the day into plant and animal products.
Materials or substances that are used together to prepare a particular food item are known as
