1. Write notes on plants and animals as sources of
food.
Answers
Answer:Some of the foods we eat come from animals, including beef, veal, lamb, pork, fish and chicken. Other foods come from plants, including rice, wheat, fruit, beans and vegetables.
We also eat food that animals make. For example, chickens produce eggs and cows give milk. Plants produce food too, such as edible fruits. Plant and animal foods are used to make other foods, such as bread and cheese.
Many processed foods use a combination of foods from animal and plant sources. Biscuits are made from flour (food from a plant) while also containing butter and milk (food sourced from an animal).
How we get food from animals
Some foods are produced from the flesh or internal organs of animals, such as:
beef, lamb, kangaroo, pork and mutton (red meats)
chicken and fish (white meats)
heart, liver, kidneys and brains (organ meats).
Most of these foods come from farmed animals. They are raised until they reach a target weight, then are slaughtered (killed) and butchered (cut up) for us to buy, cook and eat. Some animals, like kangaroos and most fish, are killed or caught in their natural environments.
Other animal foods, such as eggs, milk and honey, are produced by animals over their lifetimes.
Foods from animal source are high in protein, they usually are also high in fat. Vitamin B12 and vitamin D are also present in many animal foods, these vitamins are not found in plant foods.
Cheese is an animal food
Cheese is made from milk, so it is also an animal food. Other foods made from milk are butter, cream and yoghurt.