Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
How do the hair of certain animals help in keeping their bodies warm?
Advertisements
Solution
The hair of the body of the certain animals trap a lot of air. Since air is a poor conductor of heat, this shields the body from cold and keeps it warm.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
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 Rearing?
True or False – If False give the correct answer
Wool is the fibre derived from the silk worm.
What are the two types of fibres that are obtained from animals?
What is shearing?
What are the characteristics of wool? Give any three.
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?
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.
On burning wool, why we get the small of burning of hair?
