Food we eat |
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Rice |
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Pulses |
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Vegetables |
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Milk |
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Butter |
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Egg |
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Meat |
Ingredients of Food :
Various types of raw materials used to make food are known as ingredients of food. There are many types of ingredients which are used to make food items. Such as boiled rice is made of only two raw materials, these are rice and water. some examples of food item and their ingredient are as followings.
| INGREDIENT OF FOOD |
| FOOD ITEM | INGREDIENT |
| Boiled rice | Rice, Water |
| Roti/Chapati | Ata, water |
| Dal | Pulses, water, oil, ghee, salt, spices |
| Kheer | Rice, milk, sugar |
| Chicken curry | Chicken, water, oil, ghee, salt, spices |
Food Materials and Sources :
| Food material | Sources |
| Rice | Plants |
| Dal | Plants |
| Roti(Chapati) | Plants |
| Kheer | Plants, Animals |
| Brinjal curry | Plants |
| Chicken curry | Animals, Plants |
There are two sources of food materials.
(i) Plant
(ii) Animal
(i) Foods produced by Plants :
We get variety of food items from plant source such as rice, wheat, pulses vegetables, fruits, etc.
Edible parts of plant :
Many food items we get from plant, but we do not eat all parts of plant. We eat sometimes seeds sometimes stem , root, leaves even flowers of some plants . some examples are as followings.
| Name of Plant | Edible Part |
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| Rice | Seeds |
| Wheat | Seeds |
| Pulses | Seeds |
| Grapes | Fruit |
| Guava | Fruit |
| Papaya | Fruit |
| Mango | Fruit |
| Brinjal | Fruit |
| Tomato | Fruit |
| Potato | Stem |
| Sugarcane | Stem |
| Ginger | Stem |
| Onion | Stem |
| Carrot | Root |
| Radish | Root |
(ii) Foods from Animal source :
Animal are good source of our food. number of food items we get from animal sources. Such as milk, egg, fish, meat, etc.
What do Animals Eat :
| NAME OF THE ANIMAL | FOOD THE ANIMAL EATS |
| Cow | Grass, hay, grains |
| Cat | Small animals- mouse, birds, and milk |
| Rat | Grains |
| Lion | Animals |
| Tiger | Animals |
| House lizard | Insects |
| Bees | Nectar of flowers |
| Human beings | Grains, vegetables, fruits, animals |
(i) Herbivores
(ii) Carnivores
(iii) Omnivores
(i) Herbivores :
Animals which eat food comes from plant source only are called herbivores.
Example:
Cow, buffalo, deer, goat, elephant and giraffe etc. animals eat only foods come from plant sources. These animals are also called grass eating animals also.
(ii) Carnivores :
Animals which eat only meat of other animals are called carnivores.
Example:
Tiger, Lion, etc. carnivores are known as flesh eating animals also.
(iii) Omnivores :
Animals which eat all types of food, that comes from animals and plant sources both, are called omnivores.
Example:
Dog, cat, hen, rat, crow, etc. Man is also an omnivores animal.
| Herbivores | Carnivores | Omnivores |
| Cow | Lion | Cat |
| Goat | Tiger | Dog |
| Buffalo | House lizard | Hen |
| Rabbit | Spider | Crow |
| Deer | Fox | Pig |
| Elephant | Wolf | Bear |
| Giraffe | Shark | Human beings |
