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CBSE · Class 3 · Science

Making Things

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks · Time: 54 minutes

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Show your working for Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
The big, very hot oven in which a potter bakes pots is called a:
  1. sieve
  2. mould
  3. wheel
  4. kiln
2.
What pattern does a tiger have?
  1. black stripes on orange fur
  2. eye-shaped spots on its tail feathers
  3. black dots on a red back
  4. three pale stripes along its back
3.
Which of these is made of baked clay?
  1. a cotton bag
  2. a rubber ball
  3. a steel plate
  4. a brick
4.
What is a mud house?
  1. a house raised on poles above wet ground
  2. a house that floats on a lake
  3. a cool house with walls of mud and a roof of grass
  4. a dome made of blocks of hard snow
5.
What should a worker at a building site wear for safety?
  1. bare feet
  2. a paper hat
  3. jingling bangles
  4. strong, sturdy shoes
6.
When making a pot, what comes right after this step: "sieve the soil to make clean clay"?
  1. dry the pot in the sun
  2. paint patterns on the pot
  3. mix the clay with water
  4. shape it on the wheel
7.
A wall has 3 rows of bricks with 10 bricks in each row. How many bricks are there?
  1. 30 bricks
  2. 20 bricks
  3. 13 bricks
  4. 40 bricks
8.
A kulhad costs ₹20. How much do 3 kulhads cost?
  1. ₹60
  2. ₹23
  3. ₹80
  4. ₹40
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Write the steps a potter follows to make a pot.
10.
Name the kind of house: (a) a house that floats on a lake (b) a cool house with walls of mud and a roof of grass
11.
Is it made of clay? Write "yes" or "no": (a) a plastic bucket (b) a glass bottle
12.
Does it have "stripes" or "spots"? (a) a leopard (b) a spotted deer
13.
A potter makes 12 pots a day. How many pots does she make in 4 days?
14.
28 pots went into the kiln, and 5 of them cracked. How many good pots came out?
15.
Rohan has 49 toy bricks. He puts 7 bricks in each row of his wall. How many rows can he make?
16.
Mini drops 10 coins of ₹1 into her clay gullak. How much money has she saved?
Section C — Word problems4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Visit a potter or watch one at work. Write how a pot is made, in five steps.
18.
Put the potter's steps in the right order: shape it on the wheel; pound and knead the clay; sieve the soil to make clean clay; bake the pot in a kiln; mix the clay with water; dry the pot in the sun. Why is the pot baked?
19.
A potter made 29 kulhads and sold 18 of them for ₹10 each. (a) How many kulhads are left? (b) How much money did she get?
20.
Where would you find each kind of house, and why is it built that way? (a) a tent (b) a mud house
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1(d) kiln—
2(a) black stripes on orange fur—
3(d) a brick—
4(c) a cool house with walls of mud and a roof of grass—
5(d) strong, sturdy shoes—
6(c) mix the clay with water—
7(a) 30 bricks3 × 10 = 30
8(a) ₹6020 × 3 = 60
9Wet and mix the clay, pound and knead it, shape it on the wheel, dry it, bake it in a kiln, then paint patterns on it.—
10(a) houseboat (b) mud house—
11(a) no (b) no—
12(a) spots (b) spots—
1348 pots12 × 4 = 48
1423 pots28 − 5 = 23
157 rows49 ÷ 7 = 7
16₹1010 × 1 = 10
17Five steps in order: wet the clay, knead it, shape it on the wheel, dry it, bake it in a kiln.—
18sieve the soil to make clean clay → mix the clay with water → pound and knead the clay → shape it on the wheel → dry the pot in the sun → bake the pot in a kiln. Baking makes the pot hard and strong.—
19(a) 11 kulhads (b) ₹18029 − 18 = 11; 18 × 10 = 180
20(a) where people move often; it is light and easy to carry and set up (b) in hot, dry places; thick mud walls keep it cool—