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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 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 Shearing ?
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.
True or False – If False give the correct answer
Wool is the fibre derived from the silk worm.
True or False – If False give the correct answer
Ahimsa silk is otherwise known as Mulberry silk.
What are the two types of fibres that are obtained from animals?
What are the characteristics of wool? Give any three.
What are the major steps involved in this wool factory.
Paheli wanted to buy a gift made of animal fibre obtained without killing the animal. Which of the following would be the right gift for her to buy?
Wool fibre cannot be obtained from which of the following?
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.
On burning wool, why we get the small of burning of hair?
The scouting process during the processing of wool refers to ______.
The process called ______ involves the removal of dried wool.
