KRM PUBLIC SCHOOL

GRADE:6. PHYSICS QB

1.Which one of the following will add to garbage?

(a) Syringe used by a doctor
(b) Tin of a soft drink
(c) Wrapper of food stuff
(d) All of these

Answer
Answer: (d) All of these

2.Which one of the following is not a method of garbage disposal?

(a) Landfill
(b) Vermicomposting
(c) Cycling
(d) Composting

Answer
Answer: (c) Cycling

3.The rotting of garbage is said to be completed when garbage

(a) do not change at all
(b) rot almost completely, but still smell bad
(c) rot only partially
(d) rot completely and not smell

Answer
Answer: (d) rot completely and not smell

4.Which one of the following is used for making vermicomposts?

(a) House flies
(b) Cockroaches
(c) Butterfly
(d) Redworms

Answer
Answer: (d) Redworms

5.Which of the following can be recycled?

(a) Stone
(b) Cloth
(c) Paper
(d) Grass

Answer
Answer: (c) Paper

6.Leaves falling from trees should be

(a) dumped near the ponds and lakes
(b) dried and burnt
(c) used in making compost
(d) dumped in landfill area

Answer
Answer: (c) used in making compost

7.Garbage from cities are dumped at

(a) riversides
(b) inside ponds and lakes
(c) landfill areas
(d) sewage pit

Answer
Answer: (c) landfill areas
8.The colour of dustbins in which biodegradable garbage is collected is
(a) orange
(b) red
(c) green
(d) blue

Answer
Answer: (c) green

9.The colour of dustbins in which non-biodegradable garbage such as

plastics, metals, glass, etc., are col-lected is
(a) red
(b) blue
(c) green
(d) orange

Answer
Answer: (b) blue

10.If you dump kitchen waste in a pit, after sometime, it may

(a) convert into vermicompost
(b) convert into compost
(c) remain as such
(d) remain dried forever

Answer
Answer: (b) convert into compost
11.Which of the following wastes cannot be added in the process of making
vermicompost?
(a) Cardboard
(b) Cowdung
(c) Newspaper
(d) Pickles

Answer
Answer: (d) Pickles

II)ASSERTION AND REASON:

1.Assertion (A): Untreated sewage when discharged into natural water

bodies may cause the death of fishes.

Reason (R): It increases the BOD of water.

a)Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation for the assertion

b)Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct
explanation for the assertion

c)Assertion is true but reason is false

d)Both assertion and reason are false

2.Assertion – The earth warms are called farmer’s friend.

Reason – The earthwarms are help of preparing compost for soil called
vermicompost.
a)Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation for the
assertion

b)Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation for the
assertion
c)Assertion is true but reason is false

d)Both assertion and reason are false

3.) Assertion – Red worms do not have teeth they have gizzard structure for
grinding food.
Reason – Red warms are surviving both hot and cold surroundings.

a)Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation
for the assertion

b)Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct
explanation for the assertion

c)Assertion is true but reason is false

d)Both assertion and reason are false

4.) Assertion – Paper Cannot be recycled to get useful product.

Reason – Plastics Cannot be converted into less harmful substances by the
process of composting.

a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation
for the assertion

b)Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct
explanation for the assertion

c)Assertion is true but reason is false

d) Assertion is false but Reason is correct explanation.

5.) Assertion –All kind of plastics give out harmful gases, upon heating which is
harmful to humans.
Reason – Some kind of plastic and can be recycled but not all of them.

a)Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation for the assertion

b)Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct
explanation for the assertion

c)Assertion is true but reason is false

d)Both assertion and reason are false

HOTS:

1.What will you do if waste material is not picked from the waste
material bin near your house? Will you cover your nose while passing
along side it? What else?

Answer:

We will cover our nose while passing through it but with it we will make a
complaint to the officer of Municipal Corporation and tell him to make an
arrangement of cleaning the waste material.

2. Your locality faces the problem of waste disposal. How will you convince your
neighbours that making compost is the solution?
Answer:
Residents of our street will believe us only when they will see that in practice. So we
dig a pit at open place at one comer of our colony and ask all the residents of the
street to throw their kitchen waste in this pit and cover it with soil. Cover it with the
mixture of soil and dung. Five to six weeks later, open the pit and show it to them
that their disposed material has been converted into compost manure.
3.If you and your friend are given the choice of eating in a plastic plate
or a banana leaf platter at a party, which one would you prefer and
why?

Answer: Banana leaf platter, because.

Easy disposal

Easy be recycled,

More environment-friendly.

SHORT ANSWERS:

1.What type of garbage is thrown in green bins?

Answer: Kitchen and other plants or animals wastes.

2. Define composting.

Answer: The rotting and conversion of some materials into manure is

called composting.

3. Identify the materials that can be added to a compost pit from the
following list.
green leaves, dried leaves, broken toys, pieces of dried stalks of plants,
plastic bottles, husk, pieces of newspaper, cardboard, cooked dal, soda
bottle

Answer: Green leaves, dried leaves, pieces of dried stalks of plants, husk, pieces
of newspaper and cardboard can be added to the compost pit.

4. Which kind of garbage is not converted into compost by the red worms?
Answer: plastic bags, tins, bottles, glass, aluminium foils, broken bangles could
not be converted into compost by the redworms.

5. Plastics are not suitable for storing cooked foods.why?

Answer: Plastics are not suitable for storing cooked food because they emit
harmful chemicals when they are exposed to high temperatures. Using plastics
cause health problems such as heart disease, diabetes and reproductive
dysfunction.

6.What is recycling?

Answer. Recycling is recovering and reprocessing some materials to create new

products.

LONG ANSWERS

1.Is it better to use compost instead of chemical fertilisers? If so, why?

Answer. Yes, using compost instead of chemical fertilisers is preferable.The

process of converting plant and animal waste into manure is known as
composting. Compost is preferable to chemical fertilisers for the following
reasons:

1.Composed nutrients are better and more natural for growing plants.

2.They are more easily absorbed by the roots.

3.They are less expensive than chemical fertilisers.

4.Chemical fertilisers are difficult to decompose using natural methods, resulting

in increased soil and water pollution.

2.Discuss:

(a) Is garbage disposal the responsibility only of the government?

 (b) Is it possible to reduce the problems relating to the disposal of
garbage?

Answer

a) No, not just the government, but everybody is responsible for

garbage disposal. We should bifurcate wet and dry waste, recycle
non-biodegradable substances, and we should also reduce the
accumulation of garbage in our houses and streets.

b) Yes, it is possible to reduce the problems of garbage by scientific

disposal of garbage; we can do it by bifurcation of different waste
and also by recycling the waste materials.