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Class 3 Making Things worksheet
CBSE Science. How a potter makes a pot, clay things, bricks and walls, kinds of houses, patterns in nature, safety at work. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The big, very hot oven in which a potter bakes pots is called a:
- sieve
- mould
- wheel
- kiln
Answer
(d) kiln
- 2.
What pattern does a tiger have?
- black stripes on orange fur
- eye-shaped spots on its tail feathers
- black dots on a red back
- three pale stripes along its back
Answer
(a) black stripes on orange fur
- 3.
Which of these is made of baked clay?
- a cotton bag
- a rubber ball
- a steel plate
- a brick
Answer
(d) a brick
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Write the steps a potter follows to make a pot.
Answer
Wet 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.
- 5.
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
Answer
(a) houseboat (b) mud house
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Visit a potter or watch one at work. Write how a pot is made, in five steps.
Answer
Five steps in order: wet the clay, knead it, shape it on the wheel, dry it, bake it in a kiln.
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every Making Things sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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