Question

Class 6 Science (NCERT)

short question answer:-


1) Name four plants and their parts that we eat.


2) What is a balanced diet?


3) From which parts of the plant cotton and jute are obtained?


4) What is ginning? How is it done?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. root , stem , fruit , flower
2. A diet that contains all the required nutrients like carbohydrates, fats , proteins , etc is called a balanced diet.
3. Cotton is obtained from the fruit of the cotton plants. The cottonseed which is a fruit which on ripening splits open to release white fibers of cotton. (b) Jute is obtained from the stem of the jute plant.
4. Ginning is the process of removing the seeds and debris from cotton. The term comes from the cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney in 1794. In modern ginning, the cotton is first dried to remove moisture, then cleaned to remove any burs, stems, leaves, or other foreign matter.