Secondary School (English Medium) (5 to 8) Class 6 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Science

Some term related to fabric is jumbled up and given below. Write it in its correct form. 

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A garbage collector separate items mentioned below in the garbage into red, green and blue containers for their transfer to landfill, composting pit and recycling unit respectively.

Items:

1. Plastic bags
2. Newspaper and journals
3. Screw and nuts
4. Vegetable peels
5. Metal chips
6. Egg shells

Which items were transferred to which bin?

The steps required for conversion of kitchen garbage into manure are given below in a jumbled form.

1. Put garbage in a pit
2. Cover the bottom of the pit with sand
3. Cover the pot loosely with a gunny bag or grass
4. Add worms

Which of the following shows the correct sequence of the above steps?

Which of the following activities does not reflect responsible behaviour with regard to waste disposal?

One way of making fabric from yarn is weaving, what is the other?

Boojho with perfect eyesight was finding it difficult to pass a thread through the eye of a needle. What can be the possible reason for this?

In ancient times stitching was not known. People used to simply drape the fabrics around different parts of their body. Even today a number of unstitched fabrics are used by both men and women. Can you give four such examples of clothes?

Match the articles given in column I with the articles of column II.

Read the items mentioned in Columns I and II and fill in the related process in the Column III

Correct the definition of certain terms given below by changing only one word.

Compost: Substances converted into manure for use in industries.

Correct the definition of certain terms given below by changing only one word.

Landfill: Garbage buried under water in an area.

Provide a suitable term that expresses the meaning of the following statement.

Greeting cards made from newspaper.

To what use can you put the following kind of garbage and how?

Rotting smelly garbage

To what use can you put the following kind of garbage and how?

Dry leaves collected in a garbage

To what use can you put the following kind of garbage and how?

Old newspapers

Read the poem written below and then answer the questions from the information gathered from the book or elsewhere.

Name the two kinds of waste that need to be separated from each other in two different waste bins.

Read the poem written below and then answer the questions from the information gathered from the book or elsewhere.

Name two items of waste each that need to be sent to a

1. landfill,
2. for composting.

An iron nail is kept in each of the following liquids. In which case would it lose its shine and appear dull?

Beera, a farmer would clear his field everyday, and burn dry leaves fallen on the ground. After sometime he found that those living in huts near his field were suffering from cough and breathing problems.

1. Can you explain why?
2. Also suggest an environment friendly way to dispose the dry leaves.

Put a tick (√) against the garbage items given in Table 16.1 which could be converted into manure. Put a cross (×) against the others.