Ch 1 - Components of Food Flashcards
What is Nutrition?
The process by which our body takes in food and uses it for growth and development is called nutrition.
What parts of various plants can we eat?
We can eat the fruits, stems, leaves, flowers, roots and seeds of various plants
Green plants are what and why?
Green plants are Produers because they make their on food and are not dependent on others.
Animals are what and why?
Animals are Consumers because they directly or indirectly depend on green plants for food.
We can eat the stems of?
Potato, yam and ginger
We can eat the roots of?
Carrot, beetroot, radish and turnip
We can eat the leaves of?
Spinach, cabbage, coriander and fenugreek.
We can eat the seeds of?
Cumin, fennel and coriander. The pulses we eat are also seeds.
We can eat the flowers of?
Cauliflower, Broccoli and Clove.
We can extract oil from….?
Mustard and sesame seeds.
Tiny white slender outgrowths on the seeds are?
Radicles
Food contains certain chemicals called?
Nutrients
What features do herbivores have?
Sharp cutting teeth at the front and flat, wide grinding teeth at the back of their jaw.
What features do carnivores have?
Long and sharp teeth for tearing the flesh of other animals.
Omnivores eat…?
Both plants and animals
People are categorised as….
Vegetarian and non-vegetarian
Parasites are
Organisms that live on or inside the bodies of other living organisms and obtain food from them.
What is a host?
The organism that provides food and shelter to a parasite is called a host.
The organism at the first level of a food chain is always a ________
Producer
The second in a food chain is always a _____
Herbivore
Decomposers and Scavengers play a very important role in the environment by…
Keeping it clean
Scavengers…
Mainly feed on dead or decaying plants and animals
Decomposers are….
- Organisms such as bacteria, snails, worms and fungi
- They break down the organic components in the remains of dead plants and animals
- And convert them into simpler substances.
