Class VI Biology: Components of Food and Nutrients
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Why are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals essential for the body?

  • To eliminate waste
  • To provide energy (correct)
  • To synthesize food
  • To regulate body temperature
  • How do plants differ from animals in terms of obtaining food?

  • Plants hunt for food, animals do not.
  • Plants need sunlight for food, animals do not.
  • Plants can synthesize their own food, animals cannot. (correct)
  • Plants eat other plants, animals eat animals.
  • What is the role of vitamins and minerals in the diet?

  • To provide structural support
  • To aid in digestion
  • To regulate bodily functions (correct)
  • To provide energy
  • Why do humans depend on plants for food?

    <p>Because humans cannot synthesize their own food like plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary source of food for animals including humans?

    <p>Plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of organisms are dependent on others for their nutrition?

    <p>Animals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term is used to describe fungi that derive nutrition from dead and decaying matter?

    <p>Saprotrophs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What gas is released by plants during photosynthesis?

    <p>Oxygen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which pigment in plants absorbs solar energy during photosynthesis?

    <p>Chlorophyll</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which plant traps and feeds on insects?

    <p>Pitcher Plant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used for green plants that synthesise their own food?

    <p>Autotrophs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a parasitic plant with yellow, slender, branched stem?

    <p>Cuscuta</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the correct term for the pores through which leaves exchange gases?

    <p>Stomata</p> Signup and view all the answers

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