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प्रश्न
Why do organisms need food? Write two reasons.
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उत्तर
Organisms need food because -
- Food gives energy to do work.
- Food helps the body to grow and to repair damaged parts.
- Food helps to protect the body against diseases.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Very Short Answer Type Questions:
Suggest any three ways you can think of to avoid wastage of food.
Very Short Answer Type Questions:
What are the two common sources of most of the ingredients of food items?
Fill up the blank with the words given:
We get sugar from ______.
Bread is ______ fat food.
Classify the following food items.
| Carrot | Egg | Coconut oil | Milk | Radish | Meat | Potato | Curd | Brinjal |
| Lady‛ finger |
Fish | Drumstick | Butter | Onion | Buttermilk | Cucumber | Ghee | - |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B | ||
| 1. | Calcium | a. | Muscular fatigue |
| 2. | Sodium | b. | Anaemia |
| 3. | Potassium | c. | Osteoporosis |
| 4. | Iron | d. | Goitre |
| 5. | Iodine | e. | Muscular cramps |
What is Raw food?
Given below are jumbled word which is name of part of a plant. Rearrange it to get the correct word.
I T R U F
Given below are jumbled word which is name of part of a plant. Rearrange it to get the correct word.
S E A N B O Y A
Why should we avoid wastage of food?
Read the items of food listed below. Classify them into carbohydrate rich, protein rich and fat rich foods and fill them in the given table.
Moong dal, fish, mustard oil, sweet potato, milk, rice, egg, beans, butter, butter milk (chhachh), cottage cheese (paneer), peas, maize, white bread.
| Carbohydrate Rich Food Item (A) |
Protein Rich Food Item (B) |
Fat Rich Food Item (C) |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
Solve the cross-word puzzle given as figure from the clues given below.

Across
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- Lack of nutrients in our diet over a long period causes these diseases (10)
- Rice and potato are rich in this type of carbohydrate (6)
- Deficiency disease in bones making it become soft and bent (7)
- The diet that provides all the nutrients that our body needs, in right quantities, along with adequate amount of roughage and water (8, 4)
- Deficiency disease with bleeding gums (6)
- Disease caused due to deficiency of iodine (6)
Down - Starch and sugar in our food are rich in this type of energy giving nutrient (13)
- The term given to the useful components of food (9)
- The disease caused by deficiency of iron in diet (7)
- Green leafy vegetables, liver and apples are rich in this mineral (4)
- Deficiency disease caused due to lack of vitamin B in the diet (8)
There are ______ essential amino acids required by the human body through the diet.
______ is a trace element required by our body.
Analogy:
Jams: ______
______: oil.
Name any two essential amino acids.
