WORKSHEET NO.

1
Knowledge Based Questions
A. Tick () the correct
option.
1 . Which of the following food items is obtained from animals?
(a) Tea
b) Cheese
c) Cereals
(d) Vegetables
2 . Every food chain begins from
(a) producers (b) herbivores
c) carnivores (d) parasites.
3 . Hyena and jackal are
(a) herbivores (b) scavengers
(c) producers (d) decomposers.
4. Edible part of sweet potato is
(a) fiower (b) leaf
(c) stem (d) root.
Which of the following food items is obtained from plants?
(a) Meat (b) Curd
(c) Turmeric (d) Ghee

6 Deer, goat and elephant are

(a) omnivores (b) herbivores
(c) carnivores (d) producers

B . Fill in the blanks.

1. The edible part in broccoli is l o e r
22. Honey bees prepare honey from of.

3 Crow is alan
4
4. Roots of . are eaten by us.

5 are also known as producers.

C . Give one word for the following statements.

1. Animals that eat only plants

2. An edible leaf
animals
3 Animals that feed on both plants and
animals only
4. Animals that eat flesh of other
 5. Germinated seeds
5.
dead and decaying plants
6. Animals feeding on

Understanding Based Questions

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statement.
A. State True or False. Correct the false

1. Cockroaches are omnivoresS.

2. Cake is made onlyfrom one ingredient.

Plant part that is eaten in sugarcane is stem.

3.

India eat the same food.

4. People from different parts of

5. Vulture is a parasite

6. Germinated seeds of moong beans are not edible.

choice.
B.Circle the odd one out. Give reason for your
1. Banana, Idli, Dosa, Vegetable curry

2.
2. Honey, Cheese, Curd, Cream

3 Roundworm, Vulture, Hyena, Jackal

4. Buffalo, Horse, Donkey, Cat

C. Differentiate between them.

Carnivores
Herbivores
2. Scavengers Parasites

D. Question & Answer.

1. What are the various functions served by food?

Both carnivores and parasites depend upon other animals but still both
2.
different from each other. Explain.
ofthem are very

3. Ruhiate bread, butter and tea in the breakfast.

List the ingredients of each food item eaten by Ruhi. Also classify the ingredients on the
basis of their source (plant/animal).

EE. Complete the given analogy.

1. Animals :: Plants: Producers
2. Jackal Scavenger:: Tapeworm:
3. Dog:Omnivore :: Cow:.
4. Ginger: Stem :: Turnip.
5. Saag9 : Kheer: Milk
6. Rice: Cereal: Cinnamon.
 Application Based Questions

S A. Solve the crossword with the help of given clues.

following

10
12
H

Across
2. A Down
very famous food item of South
1. A plant whose fleshy scales
India(Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as an ingredient
are used
5. Material used to prepare food 3. Animals that eat both plants and flesh
7. An ingredient for idli of other animals
9. A product of milk
4. Plants
10. are also known as
Ingredient obtained neither from 6.
plants or from animals Asugar-rich liquid produced by flowers
11. Seeds of 8. Dry outer covering of seeds like rice or
legume plants rich in almond
proteins
12. Turmeric is
considered as
 B. Give reasons for the following statements
1. Plants are also known as producers.

22. Cow possesses flat, grinding teeth known as molars.

3.3. Human beings are omnivores.

4. Whenever Rohit skips the breakfast, he feels very sick and tired.

5.
5. We should never eat any unknown plant present around.

6. Scavengers are called natural cleansers.

HOTS Question

Classify the given organisms, according to their feeding habits. Write one specific
characteristic of each group.

Rabbit, Eagle, Crow, Fungi, Cow, Vulture, Humming bird, Snake, Shark, Elephant,
Tiger, Chameleon, Mosquito, Jackal, Monkey
 Skill Based Question

Process Skills
Observing, Analysing, Classifying

Given below is the outline map of India. Some states have been labelled as
A, B, C. D
and E in the map. ldentify each state and write the names of 2-3 food
items being eaten
in each state. Also mention the ingredients for every food item.

Name of the State

Food Items Ingredients
A
B
C.
D.

E
 WORKSHEET NO. 2

Knowledge Based Questions

A. Tick ( ) the correct option.

1. Which of the following food items is made up of only one ingredient?
(a) Samosa (b) Tea
(c) Kheer (d) None of these

2 . Hedgehog, squirrel and sparrow are

e) omnivores (b) herbivores (c) producers (d) parasites.
3. Food item obtained from mustard seeds, groundnut, cotton seeds and sunflower seeds is
(a) oil (6) spices (c) fruits (d) ghee.
4 .4. Which ofthe following organisms eats the food digested by other animals?
(a) Buffalo (b) Tiger (c) Cockroach 4d) Tapeworm
5 . Poultry animals provide
(a) honey and sugar (b) milk and its products
(c) meat and eggs (d) both (a) and (c).

B. Fill in the blanks.

1. Sugar is obtained from . of the plant.

2. is a small white structure that comes out ofthe seed on germination.

3 Edible part in onion is .

4. Rearing of bees for obtaining honey is called.

- feed on dead plants and animals and
5 and.
are called decomposers.

C. Match the columns.

Column Column ll
An animal product
1. Cereals
Do not eat meat
2. Honey
3 Green chilly Producers

4. Plants Maize, jowar, bajra

Fruit
5. Vegetarians
Sweet in taste
6 Milk
 Understanding Based Questions

A. State True or False. Correct the false statement.

1. Hookworm depends on dead animals for their food.

Q2.2 Plants prepare more food than they need.

33. All birds are herbivores.

4. Chickens are carnivores because human beings eat them.

5. Cudding is the process of swallowing the prey.

B. Circle the odd one out. Give reason for your choice.
1. Carrot, Radish, Sweet potato, Potato

22. Mustard seeds, Cotton seeds, Sunflower seeds, Ground nut

3 Spinach, Lettuce, Basil, Asparagus

4. Sesame, Fenugreek, Cinnamon, Rice

GEC. Match the columns.

Column Column l

1. Chicken, duck, goose, emu

Autotrophs
2. Rice, salt, water, spices Eat plants and their products
33. Curd, ghee, paneer Poultry animals
4. Horse, rabbit, parrot Animal products
5. Plants L Ingredients
 D. Differentiate between them.

1. Food
Ingredient

2 Autotrophs Heterotrophs

E . Unscramble the following words with the help of given clues.

1. SIARPSTAE Small animals that depend on other animals for food

2. YTEISOPTSHONHs A process by which green plants make their own food

3. RLWOFE Plant part that can be eaten

4. TEPAHNLE A herbivore

5. TDENIGEINR Material used to prepare food items

6. SEHECE A milk product

Application Based Questions

A. Give reasons for the following statements.

1 . Decomposers are useful to the environment.

2. People from different parts of our country eat different types of food items.
s B. Study the following food web and answer the questions.

1. How is organism P different from

Q, R, S and T?

2 What will hapen to the population of P,Q and R if S disappears?

EC. Search 25 words in the given word grid that are related to the
chapter.
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 Classify the words in the given categories.
Food items Ingredients Herbivore

Camivore Omnivore

HOTSHOTS Questions
teeth intact. Based on the
1. Three skeletons A, B and C found during excavation had their
habit of
observations noted down in the table given below, comment upon the feeding
the animals A, B and C.

Skull Observations
A Broad and sharp teeth in front and flat teeth at the back.
BPointed and sharp teeth present alongside the front teeth.

Teeth with four shapes, broad teeth in front, next to it sharp and pointed teeth,
C flat and broad teeth at-back and much broader teeth at the end of jaw.

2.
2. The given graph shows the changes in the populations of three organisms x, Y and Z in

an area over some years.

The X, Y and Z occupies the following positions in a food chain.

X (producer) Y Y (herbivore)- >z (carnivore)
What conclusion can be drawn from the above given
graph? X

Time (years)
 Skill Based Question

Process Skills
Observing, Analysing, Classifying
ldentify the parts A, B, C, D, E and F in the given figure of the plant. In the space provided
write the name of the plant in which the particular part of a plant is
edible
A

C
E

D
- F

Edible part Name of the plant

A
B

C
D

B and C

B and E

B and F
 WORKSHEET NO. 1

Knowledge Based Questions

Tick () the correct option.
A
1 . Carbohydrates are present in the food in the form of
(a) sugar (b) starch
(c) salt (d) both (a) and (b).
2. Which of the following nutrients provide energy?
(a) Proteins (b) Fats
(c) Vitamins (d) Minerals
3. Which of the following vitamins keeps our bones healthy?
(a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin K
(c) Vitamin D (d) Vitamin E
4 4Which ofthe following minerals is essential for strengthening bones andteeth?
(a) Calcium (b) lodine
(c)Iron (d) Potassium
5. Milk, pulses, cheese, eggs, fish are considered as
(a) energy-giving foods (b) body building foods
(c) protective foods (d) roughage.
6 Kwashiorkor occurs due to the deficiency of
(a) proteins (b) carbohydrates
(c) iron (d) potassium.

EB. Fill in the blanks.

1. Jaggery is a good source of .
2. Protective nutrients include. and

3. Vitamin K is- - insoluble.

Butter, ghee and meat are good sources of .

helps to avoid goitre.

5.
5. Consumption of .

GEC. Match the columns.

Column I Column I

1. Vitamin A Beri-Beri

2. Vitamin D Reproductive disorders s.

3. Vitamin E Night
Blindness
4. Vitamin K Scurvy
5. Vitamin B, Rickets
Excessive Bleeding
6. Vitamin C
 Understanding Based Questions

A. Circle the odd one out. Give reason for your choice.
1. Egg. Fish, Cheese, Amla

22. Beri-Beri, Rickets, Night blindness, Goitre

3.
3 Calcium, Roughage, Phosphorous, lodine

4. Fat, Starch, Sucrose, Protein

5. Soyabean, Peas, Green gram, Fish

6. Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin K, Vitamin D

B. State True or False. Correct the false

statement.
1. The excess of
proteins are stored in the body as fats.

2. Presence of carbohydrates in the food can be tested with the

help of iodine solution.

3 . Roughage is easy to digest and prevents

constipation.
4. Vitamins are protective nutrients as they protect our
body from diseases.
5 . Deficiency of iodine in a diet leads to weak
bones and tooth
decay
6 . Marasmus occurs due to
deficiency of minerals and vitamins.
 Unscramble the words with the help of given clues.
C. following
ITNTUNESR Chemical substances present in our food that
1.
provides energy
2. LAME Food eaten at a particular time of the day

3. GERAGHOU Component of food that cannot be digested

4. TEDI The food we normally consume in a day

5 YOSBTIE A condition in which excessive intake of food leads to

excessive gain of fat

6 KRSTEC A disease caused due to deficiency of vitamin D

D. Question & Answer.

and functions
of any two minerals required by our body. List their
sources
1. Write the names

in the space provided.

Source Functions
Mineral

from and diseases caused

2. Write names of any two vitamins, the sources they are obtained
by their deficiency.
Source Deficiency disease
Vitamin

What are deficiency disorders? Give two examples of deficiency

disorders along with their
3.
symptomns.

nutrients?
4. Why are proteins called body-building
 Application Based Questions

SA. Solve the following crossword puzzle with the help of given clues.

5 6

10

Across Down
4. Helps to maintain body temperature 1. Excessive weight gain due to excessive
5. A source of calcium consumption of fat
8. Deficiency of one or 2. Considered
more nutrients can as protective nutrient
lead to this condition
3. Diet containing all nutrients in
9. Apple and green leafy
right
vegetables have proportion
this mineral in abundance
5. Rich source of proteins obtained from animals
10. Food rich in
carbohydrates 6. Diseasecharacterized by swelling and
bleeding of gums
7. Has no nutritive value
B.Give reasons for the following statements.
1. We should
eat a balanced diet.
2. Growing children must eat food items rich in
proteins.
3 Deficiency of iron causes anaemia.

A.
4. We should not wash the
vegetables and fruits after peeling or
cutting them.

(20)
 55. Consumption of too much sugar should be avoided.

6.
6. Exposure to sunlight makes our bones healthy.

C . Identify the set up given below and write a note on it.

Copper
sulphate
solution
+Caustic
soda
Sample Shaking Violet
X
extend colour

IV

HOTS Question

Table given below depicts the amount of three nutrients required by three people in a
balanced diet. Study the table and answer the questions.
Person PROTEIN/mg IRON/mg CALCIUM/mg
12 year old boy 66 11 700

35 year old woman 53 12 500

28 year old pregnant woman 60 14 1200

1. Explain, why there is a difference in the amount of protein required by a 12 year old boy
and a 35 year old woman?

2.
2. Why more amount of calcium and iron are required by a 28 year old pregnant woman?
 Skill Based Question

Process Skills
Observing, Analysing, Infering
Write down the information about the indicator tests for various nutrients
listed in the table
given below.

INDICATOR TEST
Nutrients
Chemicals
Procedure Observation
required Results/Inference
Proteins

Carbohydrates
Fats

Take a Survey: Interview five of

for lunch. Find out whether your friends and ask them about
the food items
those food items were rich
in they ate yesterday
minerals. If yes, mark carbohydrates, fats,
(). proteins, vitamins or
Student's
name Lunch NUTRIENT PRESENT
Carbohydrate Protein Fat Vitamins and
minerals
 WORKSHEET NO. 2

Knowledge Based Questions

A. Tick () the correct option.

1. The main source of energy for the body is
(a) fat (b) carbohydrate
(c) mineral (d) vitamin.
2. Which of the following chemicals can be used for testing the presence of proteins in a
food item?
(a) Copper sulphate (b) lodine solution
(c) Sugar solution (d) Salt
3. Which of the following vitamins helps to keep the eyes and skin healthy?
(a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin C
(c) Vitamin D (d) Vitamin B
4. Which ofthe following minerals is essential for the formation of haemoglobin?
(a) Potassium (b) Sodium
(c) Phosphorus (d) Iron
5. Fibres have nutritive value.
(a) less (b) no
(c) very high (d) balanced
6 Marasmus occurs due to the deficiency of
(a) carbohydrates (b) water and roughage
(c) proteins d) both (a) and (c).

B . Give one word for the following statements.

1. This makes 70% of our body weight
2. Deficiency of this vitamin causes scurvy
3 Cereals are rich in these
4. Chemical substances present in the food
5. Part of food that cannot be digested

EC. State True or False.

1. Proteins are considered as protective foods.
2. Fats are the energy reservoirs of the body.
3. Roti is rich in carbohydrates.
4. Vitamins and minerals are required in large amount.

5. Starch is a type of vitamin.

6. Deficiency of vitamin B causes disease beri-beri.

QED. Match the columns
Column Column II
1. Carbohydrates Helps in bone and tooth formation

2 Proteins Richin iron

3. Phosphorus 6 N o nutritive value
4. Fats Potato
5. Green leafy vegetables Obtained from plants as well as animals
6. Dietary fibres B o d y building foods

Understanding Based Questions

A . Circle the odd one out. Give reason for your choice.
1. Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin E, Vitamin K

22. Broccoli, Cabbage, Corn, Cucumber

3. Amla, Oranges, Green Chillies, Eggs

4 Butter, Ghee, Rice, Coconut oil

5. Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats, Roughage

6. Rice, Bread, Oats, Gram

B. Differentiate between them.

E1. Carbohydrates Fats

2 Vitamins
Minerals
3 Body-building foods Energy giving foods

c. Match the columns.

Column I Column I
1. Iron Banana, bajra, milk
2. Vitamin A Spinach, broccoli, apple
3. Vitamin D Salt, fish, seafood
4 Calcium Papaya, carrot, fish oil
L2
5. Phosphorus Sunlight, mushrooms, tuna fish
lodine Milk, egg
D. Question & Answer.
1.
1 . What do you mean by balanced diet? Is it same for every individual? Explain.

B2. Certain cooking methods can destroy nutrients present in the food. Justify.

Application Based Questions

GEA. Give reasons for the following statements.

1. We should drink at least 7-8 glasses of water every day.

2. Optimum exposure to sunlight leads to strengthening of bones.

 in their raw orm.
We should eat citrus fruits like orange
3
amounts.
butter and oil must be included
in the diet in limited
Ghee,

5. People from westem countries commonly suffer from constipation.

6. Animal proteins are considered better than plant proteins.

B.
Search 24 words in the given word grid that are related to the chapter
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P XZG R OuND N UTS Q
AL M OND S B B SF G L
G H EEF G K O|L K Q P
Q S M R B A N A N A |E D C |E
Qo | L E S B R E A D o J
YO C |A BB | A G E W SQ M
GN T | S M S H G B R A
B

zE G GD A U C B R A M SH OO
sP PINNA FR V o N
P o N
XQ|P Z||Y C GL N
H M o A EJCc G
N E ET|LSxE CE K E
N UY
A N A A ME L P

c HT ONL LOA T
H M oMA N G TTLEMON ANE B
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Classify the words in the given categories. GPY
Carbohydrates Fats
Proteins Minerals and
Vitamins
 HOTS Questions
1. The figure P shows a normal artery whereas figure Q shows the thickening of arteries.

Figure-P Figure-Q

What could be the reason for this condition? Also, explain the consequences of such thickening.

2. The table given below shows the composition and energy content of four food itemsP
Q, R and S.

Energy COMPOSITION PER 100 g

FOOD Content Vitamin Iron
(KJ/g) Protein/g Fat/g Carbohydrate/aVitamin
Cimg D/mg mg
P 3700 0.5 80 0 0 40

Q 150 1.2 0.6 7 200 0 0

R 400 2.0 0.2 25 10 8

S 1200 9.0 1.5 60 0 0

(a) Which food item would be best for a young man training for a cross country running?

(b) Ravi's skin looks pale and he has lost his body weight. He also suffers from lack of
stamina and frequent headaches. Which of the above food items should he include in his
diet?
 builder?
(c) Which food items are more required by a body

3. Fats provide more energy than carbohydrates but still fats are not considered a healthy nutrie
3. utrient
Explain why.

Skill Based Question

Process Skills
Analysing, Evaluating
Draw pie chart for an adult and a 10 year old boy showing
a
the per day requirement of
carbohydrates, fats and proteins (in portions).

An adult 10 year old