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4. Added as whole or in a powdered form
to make the food tasty ____________

5. A beverage we get from dried leaves of a tea plant ____________

D. Match the following.

Column A Column B
(Plant products) (We get it from)
1. Cocoa (a) seeds of a coff ee plant

2. Oil (b) juice of sugar cane

3. Medicines (c) seeds of a cacao tree

4. Coff ee (d) seeds, leaves, fruits or fl owers of plants

5. Jaggery (e) fl owers of clove and chamomile

E. Answer the following questions.

1. Defi ne the following terms with examples.

(a) Spices (b) Herbs (c) Climbers (d) Creepers

2. What is the diff erence between a herb and a shrub?
3. Why do we add spices to food?

4. Name any three root and stem vegetables.

5. Why do we make medicines from plants?

THINK AND ANSWER

1. How do tendrils give support to climbers?

2. List any fi ve food items that are prepared from raw or cooked fruits.

TALK ABOUT

1. Discuss the uses of diff erent parts of plants in small groups and share with others.
2. A lot of food is wasted in birthday or marriage parties. Is it right to do so? Suggest ways
to utilise this food.

LINK AND LEARN

With the help of magazines and Internet, fi nd out about the types of plants grown in any
three regions of our country. Paste their pictures and write their uses. [Hint: Tea is grown
in Assam.]

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