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प्रश्न
What is shearing?
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उत्तर
The fleece of the sheep is removed from its body. This is called shearing.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
You must be familiar with the given nursery rhymes
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool.
Answer the following:
Which parts of the black sheep have wool?
You must be familiar with the following nursery rhymes:
Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow
Answer the following:
What is meant by the white fleece of the lamb?
What is meant by term Sericulture?
Given below is a sequence of steps in the processing of wool. Which are the missing steps? Add them
Shearing, __________, sorting, __________, __________, __________
Given below is a crossword puzzle based on this lesson. Use hints to fill in the blank spaces with letters that complete the words.
Down
(D) 1: Thorough washing
2 : Animal fibre
3 : Long thread like structure
Across
(A) 1 : Keeps warm
2 : Its leaves are eaten by silkworms
3 : Hatches from egg of moth
______ is a non-biodegradable material.
What are the two types of fibres that are obtained from animals?
Write the uses of the wool.
Assertion: Wool is the fibre derived from the fur of animals.
Reason: Animals like goat, Yak, Alpaca and rabbit yields wool.
Wool fibre cannot be obtained from which of the following?
Wool yielding animals bear ______ on their body.
State whether the following statement is True or False. If false, correct them.
In India, camels and goats are generally reared for obtaining wool.
Various steps involved to obtain wool from fleece are given here.
- Picking out the burrs
- Dyeing in various colours
- Shearing
- Scouring
- Sorting
Write the above steps in the correct sequence in which they are carried out.
Figure shows three rings of circles with letters in them. Some of these letters in each ring can form the name of one wool yielding animal. Find the names of these animals.
A wholesale woollen fibre dealer gets the woollen fibre of different textures sorted for various purposes. Match the items in Column I with the woollen fibre in Column II.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Pashmina shawl | (i) | Camel wool |
| (b) | Woollen carpet | (ii) | Angora wool |
| (c) | Baby blanket | (iii) | Kashmir goat |
| (d) | Woollen sweater | (iv) | Sheep wool |
The scouting process during the processing of wool refers to ______.
