SSM LAKSHIAMMAL

MATRIC.HR.SEC.SCHOOL.KOMARAPALAYAM.
CLASS: VI DATE: 26.08.21
UNIT TEST – I
SUBJECT: SCIENCE-I

I. Answer the following: (any 4) 4×2=8

1. Give an example where hand picking is used for separation.
2. What is sieving? Give an example where this method is
used.
3. (i) A machine that reaps, threshes and cleans the crop
__________.
(ii) The process in which a liquid changes into a gas
_________.
4. Name any two inventions that revolutionized
transportation.
5. What are SI units? What is the SI units of length?
6. Define periodic motion.

II. Answer the following: (any 4) 4×3=12

1. Name two units used in ancient times, along with their
definitions.
2. Priya lives in a hostel 155000m away from her parent’s
house. Express the distance in kilometres.
3. Write true or false:-
(i) Kilometre is an example of a non-standard unit of length.
(ii) The sugar in powdered form dissolves faster as compared
to whole sugar cube.
(iii) Condensation takes place when water hits a hot surface.
4. Name the process used for the separation of the following.
(i) Wheat bran from flour
(ii) Wheat grains from stalks.
(iii) Chaff from corn grain.
5. Differentiate between threshing and winnowing.
6. Match the following:-
1. Supernatant - Liquid changes into gas
2. Sediments - Gas changes into liquid
3. Evaporation - Separating grain from chaff
by wind
4. Solute - Liquid above sediments
5. Winnowing - Substance that dissolves
6. Condensation - Solid particles that settle
down

III. Answer the following: (any 2) 2×5=10

1. When is separation of substances necessary? Name four
methods used to separate solid substances.
2. (i) How is salt prepared from the sea water?
(ii) Define solute, solvent and solution with one example of
each.
3. List the precaution to be taken while making measurements
with a ruler.
4. Discuss the importance of having standard units of
measurements.