Question

write a short note on the foods that we get from plants and animals with suitable example.​

Answer 1

Answer:

It is of great importance that one understands where or what their source of food is.Plants are a source of a wide variety of nutrients required to keep the human body in perfect working condition. Humans consume everything from fruits, flowers, even the stem of some plants, leaves and stem-like lettuce, celery,  roots of some plants like carrots, beetroot, and seeds like wheat, rice, etc.

All food comes from plants, even animals depend on plants. Hence, we obtain food from plants directly or indirectly. The reason one is advised to consume fruits and vegetables on a daily basis is that it is a source of rich nutrients.Animal products are used as food directly or indirectly. Milk, eggs and meat are important examples of food from animals.

Animal products too are a rich source of nutrients. The food chain is composed of exactly these animals starting with organisms that use the energy of the sun to the apex at which the organisms are predators and rely on producers.

Let us have a look at some of the food obtained from animals:

Milk

Cows, buffaloes, sheep, goat, and camels are a great source of milk. Milk is also called as an ideal food. It is rich in vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates and fats.

Eggs

Chickens, ducks, geese, and quails are raised for eggs and meat. The egg is a rich source of protein and vitamin. The yolk of the egg is mostly made up of egg. It also contains vitamins, phosphorus, calcium and iron.

Answer 2

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.