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CLASS I (2020-2021)
SUBJECT- SCIENCE
LESSON 4 FOODS FROM PLANTS
DIFFERENT FOODS FROM PLANTS
We get different foods from plants such as fruits, vegetables, cereals and pulses.
1. FRUITS: Fruits are juicy and very healthy , they are sour or swee t. For e.g. apple,banana,guava,watermelon,mango etc They can be eaten raw.
2. VEGETABLES:
Vegetables need to be washed ,cut and cooked before we eat them For e.g. Potato, cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, lady’s finger etc Vegetables such as carrot, pea, and onion can be eaten raw.
3. CEREALS:
Wheat, rice and corn are seeds or grain that we get from plants. They are known as cereals.
4. PULSES:
Seeds of some plants that we eat are known as pulses. For e.g. kidney beans, dals and grams.
WE EAT DIFFERENT PARTS OF PLANTS
When we eat fruits, vegetables, cereals and pulses we are eating different parts of plants. We get sugar from sugarcane plant. We get tea and coffee from plants.
PARTS OF PLANT THAT WE EAT
IV. Match the following:
(1) Spinach, lettuce ( 3 ) cereals (2) Cauliflower, broccoli ( 4 ) pulses (3) Wheat, rice ( 1 ) leaves (4) Kidney beans,dal ( 5 ) roots (5) Carrot, radish ( 2 ) flowers
V. Name the following:
- Two vegetables that can be eaten raw or cooked-onion, carrot
- Three cereals – wheat, rice, corn
- Two pulses-kidney beans,dal
- Three fruits-apple,mango,orange
VI. Tick (√) the correct answer:
- Which of these parts of plants do we eat? (a) Leaf, stem, flower ( ) (b) all of these ( √ )
- This is not a fruit (a) Cherry ( ) (b) wheat ( √ )
- This is not a cereals (a) Kidney beans ( √ ) (b) rice ( )
- When we eat cauliflower and broccoli, we are eating (a) Leaves ( ) (b) Flowers ( √ )
VII. Draw colour and label 2 fruits and 2 vegetables.
