1.2 FOOD MATERIALS AND SOURCES

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NCERT Class 6 science textbook for blind students facilitated by Anubhav Patel, IIIT Delhi, and Professor T K Bansal.

It may be easy for us to guess the sources of some of the ingredients that we listed in Table 1.2. Fruits and vegetables, for instance (Fig. 1.2a). Where do they come from? Plants, of course!

Fig. 1.2(a) Plant sources

Figure shows Some Fruit items such as apple, Banana, pineapple and mango, and a plate full of oopma and green chilli. Figure described by Dr T K Bansal.

 

Fig. 1.2(b) Animal sources

Figure shows 4 eggs and a hen; some animal sources of food. by Dr TKBansal.

What are the sources of rice or wheat? You may have seen paddy or wheat fields with rows and rows of plants, which give us these grains (Fig. 1.3).

Figure 1.3(a) Paddy fields.

Figure shows rows and rows of Paddy growing in a field. By Dr T K Bansal

And then, there are food items like milk, eggs and meat, which come from animals (Fig. 1.2b).

Figure 1.3(b) Wheat grains being transported.

Figure shows Wheat grains being transported in gunny bags on a bullock cart. By Dr T K Bansal

Activity 3

Let us take the food items listed earlier and try to find out where they come from - the ingredients and their sources. Some examples are shown in Table 1.3. Fill in the blanks in Table 1.3 and add more examples to this list.

Table 1.3 Ingredients used to prepare food items and their sources

Food Item Ingredients Sources
Idli Rice Plant
Idli Urad dal -
Idli Salt -
Idli Water -
Chicken curry Chicken Animal
Chicken Curry Spices -
Chicken Curry Oil/ghee Plants/ Animals
Chicken Curry Water -
Kheer Milk Animal
Kheer Rice Plant
Kheer Sugar -

What do we conclude from Activity 3? Plants are the sources of food ingredients like grains, cereals, vegetables and fruits. Animals provide us with milk, meat products and eggs. Cows, goats and buffaloes are some common animals which give us milk. Milk and milk products like butter, cream, cheese and curd are used all over the world. Can you name some other animals which give us milk?