GRADE 6 / CHEMISTRY/ HOMEWORK WORKSHEET/APRIL-2019-20

FIBRE TO FABRIC
1. State True or False
(a) Weaving is the process of arranging two sets of yarns together perpendicular to
each other to make a fabric.
(b) Knitting is a process that makes use of a single yarn to make a piece of fabric.
(c) Coconut fibre can be woven into fabric called coir.
(d) Fabrics are made up of strands called fibres which further are made of yarns.
(e) Acrylic is a natural fibre.
(f) The cotton fibres are collected by hand from the ripe cotton bolls. This process is
called picking.
2. Fill in the Blank
(a) The process of making yarn from fibres is called ______ .
(b) _______________is the process of separation fibre from the seeds.
(c) A jute fibre is obtained from the _________ of the jute plants .
(d) Spinning devices are ______________ and ________________ .
(e) ____________ fibre is obtained from Flax seeds.
(f) Fibre which are not obtained from animal or plants and are made from chemical
substances are called ___________ fibre.
(g) Weaving of fabric is done on ________ .
3. Match the column
Column A Column B
Coconut Fibre Ropes
Jute fibre Doormat, mattress
Wool Fibre Sarees
Silk Fibre Sweater
Cotton Fibre Shirts
4. Why cotton fabrics are preffered for moping in the household cleaning?
5. Why we spin the fibres in order to make yarn?
MCQ:

6. Silk cotton is obtained from the----- plant/tree.

a)kapok b) cotton c) hemp
 7. Priti wants to present her friend a gift made of plant-fibre.
Which out of the following will she select?
(a) Jute bag (b) Woollen shawl (c) Silk saree (d) Nylon scarf

8. Which part of the jute plant is used for getting jute fibre?
(a) Flower
(b) Stem
(c) Fruit
(d) Leaf

9.Fill in the names of useful items made from jute fibres in Fig. 3.1. One such example is
given.

10.Some terms related to fabrics are jumbled up and given below.

Write them in their correct form.
(a) onttoc
(b) sinnping
(c) vingwea

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SORTING MATERIALS INTO GROUPS
1. Sam found a bag containing the following materials
(i) mirror
(ii) Paper stained with oil
(iii) wood
(iv) Glass spectacles
Which is/are these materials are opaque.
(a) (i) only
(b) (iv) only
(c) (i) and (iii)
(d) (ii) and (iv)
2. State whether the statements given below are True or False.
(i) Wood is opaque, while glass is transparent .
(ii) Materials are grouped for convenience ,study their properties and their uses
(iii) Hydrogen dissolves in water.
(iv) A piece of wood floats on water.
(v) All gases dissolve in water.
(vi) Oil mixes with water.
(vii) Sand settles down in water.
3. Why metals often lose their shine and appear dull?
4. Select odd one out?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Iron
(c) Silver
(d) Sand
5. Which one is compressible?
a. Cotton
b. Gold
c. Marble
d. stone
6. Crossword Puzzle

Across
2. cotton is a ____materials
4. The materials which are difficult to compress are known as _________
5. Iron,copper , aluminium is called _____
6. The materials through which objects can be seen, but not clearly, are known as
_________
8. shiny appearance is termed as ______
Down
1. Opaque material which we got from trees
3. water is a _______ liquid
7. vinegar is ______ in water
7. An iron nail is kept in each of the following liquids. In which case would it lose its
shine and appear dull?
(a) Mustard oil
(b) Soft drink
(c) Coconut oil
(d) Kerosene
8. Why do we need to group materials?
9. Define: Transparent,Translucent and Opaque materials.
 10. Classify these objects as eatables or non eatables.
Sugar, apple, ball, pen, pot, grapes, chocolates

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SEPARATION OF SUBSTANCES
1. Heavier and lighter components of a mixture can be separated by
winnowing.(TRUE/FALSE)

2. Water drops condensed under a plate that has been used to cover a vessel
containing milk that has just been boiled. This is due to ____________.

3. Write the name of method for separating-

a) Salt from salt water solution.
b) Wheat from mixture of wheat and rice.

4.MCQ:
a)The process followed to separate grains form the stalks is called
a.Winnowing
b.Threshing
c.Sieving
d.Hand picking

b)A solution which cannot dissolve more of a given substance at a given

temperature is
a.Solution
b.Filtrate
c.Saturated solution
d.Unsaturated solution

c) Which of the following is a homogeneous mixture?

(a) mist
(b) a sand-water mixture
(c) an oil-water mixture
(d) a nitrogen-oxygen mixture

d) Tiny pieces of stones are usually separated from pulses before cooking by the method
called
(a) threshing
(b) sieving
(c) hand picking
(d) winnowing
e). The process of changing vapour into its liquid is called
(a) condensation
(b) loading
(c) winnowing
(d) evaporation

5. Match the items is Column A with the items in Column B

Column A Column B
1. Separation of husk from grains (a) Hand-picking
2. Conversion of liquid into vapour (b) Filtration
3. Separating pebbles from pulses (c) Threshing
4. Separating chalk powder from water (d) Evaporation
5. Separating grains from the stalk (e) Winnowing
(f) Sieving

6. What is filtration? How is it useful to us?

7. Sheela, Saima and Ravi have to dissolve maximum amount of sugar in the same
amount of milk, so as to win in a game. Ravi took hot boiling milk, while Saima took
ice cold milk. Sheela managed to get milk at room temperature. Whom do you think
would win the game and why?
8. A mixture or iron nails, salt, oil and water is provided to you. Give step wise method
to separate each component from this mixture?
9. Pritha was feeling thirsty but there was only a pot of water at home which was
muddy and unfit for drinking. How do you think Pritha would have made this water
fit for drinking if the following materials were available to her?
Alum, tub, muslin cloth, gas stove, thread, pan and lid.
10. State whether the following statements are true or false.
(a) A mixture of oil and water can be separated by filtration.
(b) Water can be separated from salt by evaporation.
(c) A mixture of wheat grains and wheat flour can be separated by sieving.
(d) A mixture of iron filings and rice flour can be separated by magnet.
(e) A mixture of wheat grains and rice flakes can be separated by winnowing.
(f) A mixture of tea leaves and milk can be separated by decantation.
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CHANGES AROUND US
1. Some changes are listed in the following table. For each change, write in the
blank column, whether the change can be reversed or not.

Can be reversed (Yes/No)

S.No. Change
1. The sawing of a piece of wood
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The melting of ice candy
3.
Dissolving sugar in water
4.
The cooking of food
5.
The ripening of a mango
6.
Souring of milk
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

1. Changes that lead to the formation of new substances are called ………… .
2. If the removal of the cause of change leads to regain the original situation, then the
change is known as ……….. .
3. Burning of wood in a chulha is an ………… change.
4. Melting of candle wax is a ………. Change.
5. Heat is a form of ……….. .
6. On cooling, liquid ………. Into solid.
7. Conversion of a liquid to vapour by heating is called ………. .
8. The changes which are controlled by man are called ………… .
9. ………… is a reversible change.
10. No new substance is formed in ………….
3. State whether the statements given below are True or False :

1. Cooking of rice is a physical change.

2. Breaking of a china (porcelain) dish is a chemical change.
3. Rusting of iron is an irreversible change.
4. Eruption of a volcano is a reversible change.
5. Formation of clouds is a irreversible change.
6. Conversion of a solid to liquid by heating is called fusion.
7. Change of seasons is a natural change.
8. Pressure is equal to the force per unit second.
4. Choose the correct option in the following questions:

1. Which of the following changes can be reversed?

(a)Raw egg to boiled egg (b)Wet clothes to dry clothes

(c)Bud to flower (d)Cow dung to biogas

2. Which of the following changes cannot be reversed?

(a)Milk to panner (b)Cold milk to hot milk

(c)Yarn to knitted sweater (d)Wet clothes to dry clothes
3. Metal rim is fixed to the wooden cart wheel by

(a)heating metal rim (b)heating wooden wheel

(c)cooling metal rim (d)cooling wooden wheel

4. On heating metal rim

(a)expands (b)contracts
(c)depends how much it is heated (d)depends as the type of metal

5. Which one of the step while burning a candle is not reversible?

(a)Melting of solid wax (b)Liquid wax changes into vapour

(c)Wax vapour burn into flame (d)All of these

6. Which is a way to make a change happen?

(a)Heating a substance
(b)Cooling a substance
(c)Mixing a substance with another substance
(d)All of these
7. Rusting of iron is an example of

(a)slow change (b)fast change

(c)reversible change (d)physical change

8. Conversion of a solid to liquid by heating is called

(a)evaporation (b)melting
(c)condensation (d)freezing

5. Explosion of a cracker is a chemical change. Explain.

6. How iron articles of different shapes and sizes are made?

7. Match the column

Column A Column B
Non-periodic
A change in which new substance is formed
change
Changes in which physical properties like shape, size and state changes
Slow change
without formation of new substance
Undesirable
Those changes which take place in a long period of time
changes
Chemical
Those changes which we do not want to take place
changes
A change that does not repeat again and again after a regular interval of Physical changes
time
Irreversible
Burning of fuel is a
change

8.State True or False

(a) Evaporation of water is a reversible change.
(b) Burning of the candle is an irreversible change.
(c) Rusting of iron is a reversible change.
(d) Bursting of cracker is fast change.
(e) Formation of Petrol is a slow change.
(f) Baking of dough into bread is a reversible change.

9. Why is the change of season a periodic change?

10. List two conditions which help in bringing about a change.
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AIR AROUND US

1. Garima observed that when she left her tightly capped bottle full of water in the
open sunlight,tiny bubbles were formed all around inside the bottle.Help Garima to
know why it happened?

2. Which of the following is NOT present in air?

(a) Oxygen
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Helium
(d) Iron

3. What are the users of Oxygen?

(a) Living being
(b) Combustion of fuel
(c) Rusting of iron
(d) All the above

4. The % of Nitrogen in Air is?

(a) 20
(b) 70
(c) 79
(d) 1

5. What is not true of Air?

(a) It is odorless and colorless
(b) It occupier space and has weight
 (c) it can be compressed and stored
(d) None of these

6. Which gas is produced by plants during photosynthesis?

(a) Nitrogen
(b) Carbon Dioxide
(c) Hydrogen
(d) Oxygen

7. Statement A: Nitrogen is used in protein synthesis

Statement B: Proteins are required by living organisms to grown and repair their
body parts
(a) Statement A is correct only
(b) Statement B is correct only
(c) Both the statement is correct
(d) Both the statement are incorrect

Fill in the blanks:

8. Clothes dry fast when there is ________________________water vapour in air.

9. _______________ gas present in atmosphere allows substances to burn.

10. Removal of water from plant bodies in the form of vapour is called ____________.

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NATURE OF MATTER
1. Define melting and freezing.
2. Write the symbols for the following:Magnesium,Boron,Nitrogen, Flourine,
Chlorine,Argon
3. Group the following into element ,compound and mixture:
Hydrochloric acid(HCl),Iron, soil,copper sulphate solution,carbondioxide
4. How many electrons are there inside the nucleus?
5. Which method is used for the conversion of gas to solid?

6. Define atom.

7. What is proton,neutron and electron?

8. Identify the elements: Li,Ne,Ca,Be

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