food chain and food webs

Cereals Rice, wheat, maize, ragi, jowar, bajra Pulses Dais and grams Vegetables Potato, beans, cauliflower, peas, carrot, onion Fruit Banana, apple, mango, orange, pineapple Cooking oil Oil from groundnut, sesame, sunflower, mustard, coconut Beverages Tea, coffe..

Actually speaking, natural food substances are various forms of chemicals. For e.g., rice is a carbohydrate. Fruits contain carbohydrates and acids like citric acid. Vegetables contain proteins (amino acid blocks) and vitamins. Besides these, chemicals are also used as preservatives..

Insects of Food Crops - The growth and yield of food crops are also seriously damaged by various insects. Each insect attacks the crop in its own style and damage the crop to complete its own life cycle. The insects attack almost all parts of crop and the damage may be direct lo..

Summary - Although India's food production has increased by 300 percent, percapita availability of food has reduced, in the last 50 years. Human food needs are met by cereals, millets, pulses, oilseeds, fishes, milk products, poultry birds, eggs and fishes. There is se..

The growth and yield of food crops are also seriously damaged by various insects. Each insect attacks the crop in its own style and damage the crop to complete its own life cycle. The insects attack almost all parts of crop and the damage may be direct loss of economic product or ma..

Introduction - All living organisms need food for growth, work, repair and maintaining life processes. Food is made up of several components such as proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins. Each of these components is required in a specific amount because each of th..

Animal Product Fat Protein Sugar Minerals Water Milk (Cow) 3.60 4.00 4.50 0.70 87.20 Egg 12.00 13.00 * 1.00 74.00 Meat 3.60 21.10 * 1.10 74.20 Fish 2.50 19.00 * 1.30 77.20 Some of the food items obtained from animals are milk, m..

The growth and yield of food crops are also seriously damaged by various insects. Each insect attacks the crop in its own style and damage the crop to complete its own life cycle. The insects attack almost all parts of crop and the damage may be direct loss of economic product or may be i..

Many technologies are generated out of intensive agricultural research, to increase the food production. They are grouped in three broad groups namely crop improvement, crop protection and crop production. There are three methods of crop improvement namely, selection, breeding and t..

Fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural gas, which undergo combustion (burnt in air either alone or after mixing with another substance) and release energy are needed for the working of machines. The energy released keeps the machines working. More is the energy released, better is the fuel. Hum..