NCERT Class 6 science textbook for blind and visually impaired students made screen readable by Anubhav Patel, a scholar at IIIT New Delhi, and Professor T K Bansal.

Do you have cattle or a pet that you take care of? A dog, a cat, a buffalo or a goat? You will then surely be aware of the food, the animal eats. What about other animals? Have you ever observed what a squirrel (Fig 1.8), a pigeon, a lizard or a small insect may be eating as their food?

Fig. 1.8 Squirrel eating nuts

Activity 6

Several animals are listed in Table 1.5. For some of them, the type of food they eat is also given. Fill in the blanks in the table.

Table 1.5 Animals and their Food

Activity 7

Have a look again at Table 1.5 and group the animals entered here as follows.

Place animals which eat only plants or plant products in Group 1. These are called herbivores.

There are some animals which eat other animals. Place these in Group 2. These animals are called carnivores.

Do you find some animals which eat both plants and animals? Place them in Group 3. These are called omnivores.

Prepare a table as in Table 1.6 and enter these separately in the three columns, as shown.

Table 1.6

A visual.

We know that there are many amongst us, who do not get sufficient food. We need to find ways by which more food can be produced in the country. That will not be enough; we will need to find ways to ensure that this food is made easily available to each one of us.