Class 6 Science Chapter 3 Extra Questions and Answers – Mindful Eating: A Path to a Healthy Body
Class 6 Science Chapter 3 Extra Questions and Answers for “Mindful Eating: A Path to a Healthy Body” (based on NCERT textbook Curiosity ).
EXTRA IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS – Chapter 3 – Mindful Eating: A Path to a Healthy Body
This includes All types of Questions normally asked in school exams, tests, and NCERT exercises.
A. VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. What does the Sanskrit phrase “annena jātāni jivanti” mean?
Answer: It means “food gives life to living beings.”
2. What is food?
Answer: Food is an essential part of our daily life that gives us energy and keeps us healthy.
3. Name any two major nutrients in food.
Answer: Carbohydrates and proteins.
4. What are energy-giving foods?
Answer: Foods rich in carbohydrates and fats are energy-giving foods.
5. Define roughage.
Answer: Roughage is the dietary fibre in food that helps remove undigested waste from the body.
6. What are protective nutrients?
Answer: Vitamins and minerals.
7. What are millets?
Answer: Millets are small-sized nutritious grains like bajra, ragi, jowar.
8. What are food miles?
Answer: The distance food travels from the place of production to the consumer.
B. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2–3 marks)
9. Why do we feel tired when we skip a meal?
Answer: Because the body does not get energy, leading to tiredness and low activity.
10. Why are laddoos commonly eaten in winters?
Answer: They contain ghee, nuts, and edible gum that provide heat and energy, helping us stay warm in winter.
11. What is the role of carbohydrates in our body?
Answer: They provide energy for all daily activities.
12. What changes in cooking practices have occurred over time?
Answer: Traditional chulhas and stone grinders have been replaced with gas stoves, mixers, and electric grinders due to technology, transport, and communication advancements.
13. What are the functions of proteins?
Answer: Proteins help in growth, repair of tissues, and building muscles.
14. Why is Vitamin C important?
Answer: It helps the body fight diseases and prevents scurvy.
15. Why must fruits and vegetables be washed before cutting?
Answer: To remove germs, dirt, and pesticides while retaining maximum nutrients.
C. LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (4–5 marks)
16. Explain the different components of food and their roles.
Answer:
• Carbohydrates: Provide energy (rice, wheat).
• Fats: Give stored energy (nuts, ghee).
• Proteins: Body-building, repair tissues (pulses, eggs).
• Vitamins: Protect the body from diseases (fruits, vegetables).
• Minerals: Maintain body functions like bone and blood health (milk, leafy vegetables).
• Roughage: Helps digestion.
• Water: Helps absorb nutrients and remove waste.
17. Describe how deficiency diseases occur with examples.
Answer:
Deficiency diseases occur when the body lacks essential nutrients for a long time.
Examples:
• Lack of Vitamin C → Scurvy
• Lack of Vitamin D → Rickets
• Lack of Iodine → Goitre
• Lack of Iron → Anaemia
18. Explain the journey of food from farm to plate (food miles).
Answer:
- Farmer grows crop
- Harvesting
- Threshing and winnowing
- Storage
- Grinding/processing
- Packing
- Transport to shops
- Buying and cooking
This distance is called food miles, and eating local food reduces pollution and supports farmers.
D. CASE-BASED QUESTIONS
19. Case 1: Sailors recovered from bleeding gums after eating oranges.
(i) What disease were they suffering from?
Answer: Scurvy.
(ii) Which nutrient cures it?
Answer: Vitamin C.
(iii) Name two Vitamin C-rich foods.
Answer: Lemon, guava.
20. Case 2: People in Himalayan region suffered neck swelling.
(i) What disease is this?
Answer: Goitre.
(ii) Which nutrient prevents it?
Answer: Iodine.
(iii) Which food contains iodine?
Answer: Iodised salt.
E. ACTIVITY-BASED QUESTIONS (converted to Q–A)
21. Why do different states of India have different traditional foods?
Answer: Because crops vary by soil, climate, taste, culture, and regional traditions.
22. What did you observe from recording your weekly food intake?
Answer: Food varies daily; we do not eat the same food every meal, showing diversity.
F. TRUE OR FALSE (with answers)
23. Carbohydrates are body-building foods.
Answer: False (proteins are body-building).
24. Roughage helps in digestion.
Answer: True.
25. Junk food contains high vitamins.
Answer: False.
26. Cooking may reduce nutrients like Vitamin C.
Answer: True.
G. FILL IN THE BLANKS (with answers)
27. Lassi, milk, and tea are common beverages in ________.
Answer: Punjab
28. Vitamins and minerals are also called ________ nutrients.
Answer: Protective
29. Chulha and sil-batta are examples of ________ practices.
Answer: Traditional culinary
30. The distance food travels to reach us is called ________.
Answer: Food miles
H. MCQs (with answers)
31. Which nutrient provides instant energy?
(a) Protein (b) Glucose (c) Fat (d) Roughage
Answer: (b) Glucose
32. Rickets is caused due to lack of—
(a) Vitamin A (b) Iron (c) Vitamin D (d) Protein
Answer: (c) Vitamin D
33. Which food is a rich source of proteins?
(a) Potato (b) Milk (c) Sugar (d) Oil
Answer: (b) Milk
34. Which of these is a millet?
(a) Wheat (b) Ragi (c) Rice (d) Sugarcane
Answer: (b) Ragi
I. HIGHER ORDER THINKING QUESTIONS (HOTS)
35. Why is eating local food healthier and better for the environment?
Answer: It reduces food miles, supports farmers, keeps food fresh, and decreases pollution.
36. Why should junk food be avoided even if it tastes good?
Answer: It contains high sugar and fat but very little protein, vitamins, or minerals, causing obesity, poor health, and digestion problems.
37. Why must growing children eat protein-rich food?
Answer: For proper growth and development of their muscles, bones, and tissues.
38. Why do vitamin-rich foods need to be cooked carefully?
Answer: High heat destroys some vitamins like Vitamin C, reducing nutrient value.
J. LONG ANSWER / APPLICATION QUESTIONS
39. Medu eats biscuits and noodles but avoids vegetables. He has constipation. What changes should he make?
Answer:
He should:
• Eat vegetables, fruits, whole grains, pulses
• Increase roughage intake
• Drink more water
• Reduce biscuits, noodles, and refined foods
This will improve digestion and relieve constipation.
40. Explain why roasted chana is healthier than potato wafers.
Answer:
Roasted chana has:
• More protein
• More fibre
• Less fat
• Fewer calories
• More nutrients
Potato wafers have excess fat and carbohydrates and low nutrients, making them junk food.
41. Why are millets called “nutri-cereals”?
Answer: Because they are rich in protein, fibre, vitamins, minerals like iron and calcium, and support a balanced diet.
42. Design an activity to test the presence of protein in food.
Answer:
- Make paste of a food item
- Add water and mix
- Add copper sulphate drops
- Add caustic soda
- Violet colour indicates protein
K. QUESTIONS FROM “LET US ENHANCE OUR LEARNING” (NCERT Back Exercise)
43. Pick the odd one out: Jowar, Bajra, Ragi, Chana
Answer: Chana (others are millets)
44. Pick the odd one out: Kidney beans, Green gram, Soya bean, Rice
Answer: Rice (others are pulses)
45. Discuss traditional vs modern culinary practices.
Answer:
• Traditional: Chulha, sil-batta, slow cooking
• Modern: Gas stove, mixer-grinder, pressure cooker
Changes due to technology, time-saving, convenience, and modern lifestyle.
46. Suggest two questions Ravi can ask about “food as medicine.”
Answer:
- How can food prevent diseases?
- Which foods heal the body naturally?
47. Why should we not rely only on taste when choosing food?
Answer: Delicious foods may be unhealthy; nutritious food helps growth even if not very tasty.
48. Reshma has difficulty seeing in dim light.
(i) Disease? — Night blindness
(ii) Lacking nutrient? — Vitamin A
(iii) Foods to eat? — Carrot, mango, papaya, milk
49. Fresh fruit, fresh fruit juice, canned juice — which to prefer and why?
Answer: Fresh fruit — contains maximum fibre, vitamins, and no preservatives.
50. Why did the doctor give Calcium + Vitamin D to Gourav?
(i) Calcium strengthens bones.
(ii) Vitamin D helps absorb calcium.
(iii) To ensure proper healing of the fracture.
51. Sugar does not turn blue-black with iodine. Why?
Answer: Because iodine detects starch, not simple sugars.
52. Why are millets healthy? Can they fulfil all nutritional needs?
Answer: Millets are rich in nutrients but cannot fulfil all needs; a balanced diet is required.
53. How to check whether a solution is iodine?
Answer: Add it to a starch-rich item like bread. If it turns blue-black, the solution is iodine.