Class 6
Science Holiday Homework
General Instructions
● Complete all work neatly on comment sheets.
● Worksheet work must be completed by all students.
Important: Learn and revise all chapters taught during April and May month.
Assignment -1
Draw or paste the pictures of animals showing the typical food chain
Assignment -2
Draw and paste the pictures of any five food items which we get
(a) From plants
(b) From animals
Worksheet 1
Name: _______________________ Class:_____ Sec:____
FOOD AND ITS SOURCES
A. Tick the correct option:
1. Materials required to prepare food are called
(a) meals (b) sources (c) ingredients (d) dishes
2. Which of these is obtained from animals?
(a) milk (b) radish © onion (d) groundnut
3. Which two parts of the radish plant do we eat?
(a) leaves, roots (b) leaves, flowers (c) fruits, buds (d) stem, root
4. Short stems fleshy leaves, which grow under the ground describes
(a) root (b) bulb (c) Tuber (d) bud
5. An example of endoparasite is
(a) head lice (b) flea (c) mosquito (d) pinworm
6. Which of the following is a scavenger?
(a) tiger (b) crow (c) deer (d) horse
7. Which of these is not a milch animal?
(a) deer (b) cow (c) buffalo (d) camel
8. Honey bees store honey in a
(a) nest (b) beehive (c) burrow (d) an apiary
9. Saprophytes are also called
(a) carnivores (b) omnivores (c) decomposers (d) herbivores
10.Meat is a rich source of
(a) carbohydrates (b) proteins (c) vitamin (d) both (b) and (c)
B. Fill in the blanks:
1. Potato is an _____________ stem.
2. Humans cannot digest _____________ which is found in plants.
3. A Spice known as Clove is actually a dried_____________.
4. Eggs are a rich source of_____________ and _____________.
5. The rearing of fish on a large scale is called_____________.
6. _____________ obtain their food from the host.
7. Spinach is an edible_____________.
8. Carnivores have _____________ teeth.
C. Circle the odd one out giving reasons:
(a) artichoke/ broccoli/ cauliflower/ mustard
(b) spinach/ capsicum/ eggplant/ tomato
(c) pepper/ barley/ garlic/ milk
(d) vulture/ leopard/ hyena/ crow
(e) wolf/ cow/ deer/ horse
D. Match the column:
a. Mushroom i. rich source of carbohydrate
b. Pulses ii. edible fish
c. milk iii. Non-green edible fungi
COMPONENTS OF FOOD
Q1. Multiple Choice Questions:
(i) Which of the following is not a nutrient?
(a) carbohydrates (b) fats (c) proteins (d) water
(ii) Given below are some of the nutrients:
(a) carbohydrates (b) fats (c) proteins (d) vitamins
(iii) Which colour is observed when a piece of bread is tested with dilute iodine solution?
(a) brown (b) brown-black (c) blue (d) blue-black
(iv) Name the vitamins that help our body to use calcium for bones and teeth.
(a) vitamin A (b) vitamin D (c) Vitamin E (d) Vitamin C
(v) Which disease is caused by the deficiency of iron?
(a) beriberi (b) scurvy (c) anemia (d) goiter
Q2. Fill in the blanks:
(i) _________________ are present mainly in the form of sugars and starch in our food.
(ii) Ghee is a good source of _________________.
(iii) _________________ is also known as dietary fiber.
(iv) Eating food rich in _________________ in excess causes obesity.
(v) _________________ is caused by the deficiency of iodine.
Q3. True Or False:
(i) Rice is a good source of proteins.
(ii) Fats provide us more energy than the same amount of carbohydrates.
(iii) We need to consume vitamins and minerals in bulk quantities of maintaining good health.
(iv) Meat is a good source of dietary fibre.
(v) The deficiency of vitamin C can cause scurvy.
Q4. Identify The Odd One:
(i) Fats / Water / Vitamins / Carbohydrates
(ii) Butter / Ghee / Oil / Bread
(iii) Beans / Milk / Meat / Fish
(iv) Calcium / Phosphorus / Iron / Protein
(v) Beriberi / Anemia / Typhoid / Rickets
Worksheet 2
Name: _______________________ Class:_____ Sec:____
1. Find out the ingredients to make the following dishes and write down the sources of the
ingredients.
Dishes Ingredients Sources
1. Dal ● Dal
● Ghee
● Spices
● Salt
● Water
2. Kheer
3. Khichri
4. Egg curry
5. Tomato soup
2. Write the kind of food eaten by animals listed below.
Animal Food
Insect
Frog
Snake
Eagle
Bear
Cat
Rat
3. Make a table showing any 5 important minerals there sources , functional and deficiency
diseases