FOOD: WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?

Ingredients- materials that are used to prepare any dish called ingredients.

Examples – 

• Dal is prepared from pulses, Water, salt, oil, ghee, species
• Vegetable curry is made with vegetable, salt, species, oil, and solon.
• Tea is made with water, tea leaves & sugar

Here above food items are made with some materials such as Dal with water, oil so on and similarly other items, so we call these materials as ingredients.

Now a question arises, where do these ingredients come from?

So here is a table which gives us a general idea of sources of ingredient-

Plants–

source of our food. Plants have edible as eatable parts.

Example-

• Raddish which is used as salad and its leaves are used as vegetables.
• Banana is used as a fruit and its leaf used as plates in south India.

 Plants-

• Root system
• Shoot system

1. Root system consists of-

• Primary Roots : It is the central main root.
• Secondary Roots: branches of the primary root.

2. Shoot system consists of –

• Flowers
• Fruits
• Buds
• Stem
• Leaf

Nodes –

Those areas from which leaves, branches, and aerial roots grow out from stom.

Internodes –

The interval between two nodes.

What do animals eat?

EXERCISE

1. Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?

Answer:

No, all living beings eat different kinds of food. Some living beings are: –

Herbivores – who eat plants only.eg-cow, goat

Carnivores -depend on other animals for food. Eg- tiger, lion

Omnivores-some eat plants as well as animals Eg- a human being

2. Name five plants and their parts that we eat.

Answer:

Apple- Fruit.

Mustard- Seed.

Cauliflower-flower.

Spinach- Leaves.

Carrot- Roots.

3. Match the items given in Column A with that in Column B