DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, RANIPUR

PRACTICE SHEET (2022-2023)

SUBJECT: SCIENCE (SUBJECTIVE PAPER)
CLASS: VI
Time: 2Hrs.5 Min. Max. Marks: 60

1 'X' is a necessary component of our food and helps in proper growth, healthy teeth, gums and 2
joints and helps the body fight against the diseases. The deficiency of 'X' in our body causes a
disease called 'Y'.
a) Identify 'X' and 'Y'.
b) Write the names of any two water soluble vitamins

2 Arrange the following lengths in their increasing magnitude: 2

1 meter, 1 centimeter, 1 kilometer, 1 millimeter.

3 Identify and write the ancient unit of length by the following hints: 2
a) the distance from elbow to the tip of middle finger
b) the two-foot step covering distance.

4 The height of a person is 1.65 m. Express it in cm and mm. 2

5 What is reflection? 2

6 How does a snail move? 2

7 a) Four children measure the length of a table which was about 2 m. Each of them used 3
different ways to measure it.
(i) Ram measured it with a half metre long thread.
(ii) Ritu measured it with a 15 cm scale from her geometry box.
(iii) Reena measured it using her hand span.
(iv) Anik measured it using a 5 m long measuring tape.
Which one of them would get the most accurate length? Give reason for your answer.
b) What type of motion does an apple falling vertically downwards show?

8 a) Four pieces of wooden sticks A, B, C and D are placed along the length of 30 cm long 2
scale as shown in figure. Which one of them is 3.4 cm in length?

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b) What is the SI unit of time?

9 a) What is the difference between image and shadow? 3

 b) What is penumbra?

10 a) Rohan looked pale, gets tired easily, loses weight and nails turn white. He went to a doctor, 2
and the doctor tested and prescribed a particular mineral supplement. He also advised him to
include a few food items in his diet.
(i) Name the deficiency disease is he suffering from.
(ii) Which mineral may be lacking in his diet?
b) Define balanced diet. 1

11 a) Arrange the jumbled words to arrive at the appropriate names of the materials and also 2
write one use of each:
i) soekrnee
ii) gavnier
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b) Sugar, chalk powder are some substances given to Paheli. She wants to know whether
these substances are soluble in water or not. Help her in identifying soluble and insoluble
substances in water.

12 a) Look at the given diagram of test for the component of food. Identify the component of food. 3

b) Write two main sources of this component of food.

c) Write any one function of this component of food in our body.

13 a) Draw the diagram of a earthworm and label setae. Write one function of setae. 3
b) Unscramble the jumbled words :
i) Neosb
ii) arctigeal. 2

14 a) Differentiate between convergent and divergent beam of light with the help of their 2
diagrams.
b) Observe the picture given in figure carefully. 1

A patch of light is obtained at B, when the torch is lighted as shown. What is kept at position A to 2
 get this patch of light?
c) Write the mirror image of CAT and IMAGE.

15 a) Explain that light has the property of rectilinear propagation. 2

b) Three torches A, B and C shown in figure are switched on one by one. The light from 1
which of the torches will not form a shadow of the ball on the screen.

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c) What is the difference between opaque materials & translucent materials?

16 a) List any two solutions that are used in your home. 1

b) Write two liquids which are immiscible in water. 1
c) Write any two properties of materials. 1
d) What type of materials is used for making the front glass (wind screen) of a car? 1
e) Write two liquids which are miscible in water. 1

17 Study the following passage and answer the given questions:

To cook food we need different kind of ingredients. For example: to cook boiled rice, you need
only two ingredient water and rice. On the other hand to prepare vegetable curry, you need
vegetable, spices, salt, oil and other ingredients.
It advised that we should prefer eating cooked food because by cooking harmful germs will be
destroyed and becomes germless. Cooked food can be easily digested and absorbed by our
digestive system in our body. Cooking will also enhance the taste of food. We cook food to make
it tastier and easy to digest. But while cooking some of the nutrients such as vitamin C get
destroyed. That is why we eat some fruits and vegetables without cooking.

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a) What ingredients are used to prepare cooked rice?
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b) Why should we eat cooked food?
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c) Read the clues and fill up the blanks
i) Honeybees suck from flower. _______________
ii) Animals which eat both plants and animals. __________________

18 Study the following passage and answer the given questions: 5

A fish is a vertebrate living in water that has no limbs. Bodies of fish have a streamlined shape-
narrow at the ends and broader in the middle. This shape minimizes the resistance of flowing
water and enables them to move smoothly and quickly through water. Fins are membrane like
body parts of fish. They help fish in moving forward, changing direction and balancing the body
in water. The tail is also a fin and it is the only fin that directly connected to the spine. The wave
like motion of the tail fin pushes the body of fish forward through water.

a) What is the characteristic feature of fish that help it to move smoothly in water?
b) Which part of fish is directly connected with its spine?
c) How do fish breathe underwater?
d) Name the organs of locomotion of fish.
e) Write one similarity between fish and birds.