The Class 6 is an important year in a student’s life and Science is one of the subjects that require dedication, hard work, and practice. It’s a subject where you can score well if you are well-versed with the concepts, remember the important formulas and solving methods, and have done an ample amount of practice. Worry not! Home Revise is here to make your Class 6 journey even easier. It’s essential for students to have the right study material and notes to prepare for their board examinations, and through Home Revise, you can cover all the fundamental topics in the subject and the complete NCERT Class 6 Science Book syllabus.
Exercise Questions
1. Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
Solution:
No, all living beings do not need the same kind of food. Some animals eat plants as food, and they are called herbivores. Some animals eat other animals, and they are called carnivores. Some others eat food from plant sources as well as animals, and such living beings are called omnivores.
2. Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
Solution:
Brinjal – Fruit
Groundnut – Seed
Potato – Stem
Spinach – Leaves
Beetroot – Roots
3. Match the items given in Column A with that in Column B
| Column A | Column B |
| Milk, Curd, Paneer, Ghee | Eat other animals |
| Spinach, Cauliflower, carrot | Eat plants and plant products |
| Lions and tigers | Are vegetables |
| Herbivores | Are all animal products |
Solution:
| Column A | Column B |
| Milk, Curd, Paneer, Ghee | Are all animal products |
| Spinach, Cauliflower, carrot | Are vegetables |
| Lions and tigers | Eat other animals |
| Herbivores | Eat plants and plant products |
4. Fill up the blanks with the words given: herbivore, plant, milk, sugarcane, carnivore
(a) Tiger is a ____________________ because it eats only meat.
(b) Deer eats only plant products and so, is called ______________.
(c) Parrot eats only _________________ products.
(d) The ________________ that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an animal product.
(e) We get sugar from ___________________.
Solution:
(a) Tiger is a carnivore because it eats only meat.
(b) Deer eats only plant products and so, is called herbivore .
(c) Parrot eats only plant products.
(d) The milk that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an animal product.
(e) We get sugar from Sugarcane.