This document discusses the different sources of food for humans. It states that plants and animals are the two main sources of food, with plants providing ingredients like fruits, vegetables, and cereals, and animals providing products like milk, eggs, meat, fish, and honey. It provides details on how different parts of plants, like leaves, roots, stems, seeds, and flowers, provide foods like vegetables, fruits, pulses, and cereals. The document also explains that animals can be used directly or indirectly for food, and describes how their meat, milk, eggs, and honey are consumed. It concludes by classifying animals into herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores based on their food habits.

1. UNIT 1
SOURCES OF FOOD
BY : MISS RITIMA
APS RAKHMUTHI

2. FOOD VARIETY
WE SEE THAT PEOPLE IN VARIOUS STAES EAT
DIFFERENT FOOD ITEMS. THE METHOD OF
COOKING ALSO VARY FROM REGION TO
REGION.THIS IS BECAUSE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF
FOOD GRAINS , VEGETBLES AND FRUITS GROWN
IN DIFFERENT REGIONS.

3. SOURCES OF FOOD
PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE THE TWO MAIN
SOURCES OF FOOD FOR US.
INGREDIENTS LIKE FRUITS , VEGETABLES ,
CEREALS LIKE WHEAT , RICE etc. COME FROM
PLANTS.
FOOD ITEMS LIKE MILK , EGGS, MUTTON ,
CHICKEN , FISH , PRAWNS , SHRIMPS AND MANY
OTHERS ARE THE ANIMAL PRODUCTS.
 THUS IT HAS SEEN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
BOTH ARE SOURCES OF FOOD.

5. PLANT AS SOURCE OF FOOD
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PLANT ARE SOURCES
OF FOOD FOR LIVING ORGANISMS. WE EAT
LEAVES , ROOTS, STEM , SEED AND FLOWERS OF
DIFFERENT PLANTS.
WE GET VEGETABLES , FRUITS , PULSES ,
CEREALS , SPICES etc FROM PLANTS .THERE ARE
2,000 PLANT SPICES WHICH ARE CULTIVATED AS
FOOD.

6. FOOD FROM PLANTS

7. ANIMALS AS A SOURCE OF FOOD
ANIMALS CAN BE USED AS FOOD DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY. WE GET MILK ,MILK PRODUCTS,
EGGS AND HONEY FROM ANIMALS.
MEAT OF ANIMALS SUCH AS GOAT, SHEEP ,
FISH etc IS EATEN BY SOME OF US AS FOOD.
HONEY IS PRODUCED BY HONEY BEE IS ALSO
EATEN BY US AS FOOD, IT IS RICH SOURCE OF
CARBOHYDRATES LIKE SUCROSE, GLUCOSE ,
LACTOSE , WATER AND MINERLS.

8. FOOD FROM ANIMALS

9. FOOD HABITS OF ANIMALS
ON THE FOOD HABITS THE ANIMALS ARE
DIVIDED INTO THREE TYPES:
a. HERBIVORE – GRASS EATING ANIMALS
b. CARNIVORES - EATS FLESH OF OTHER
ANIMALS
c. OMNIVORES – EATS BOTH PLANTS AND
ANIMAL PRODUCTS.

10. ANIMALS ON BASIS OF FOOD HABITS