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Class 5 Clothes—How Things Are Made worksheet
CBSE Science. Natural and synthetic fibres, spinning and weaving, silk and wool, from fibre to clothes, reuse. 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.
Cotton comes from:
- silkworms
- petrol
- sheep
- the cotton plant
Answer
(d) the cotton plant
- 2.
Jute comes from:
- the stem of the jute plant
- chemicals in a factory
- the hair of sheep and goats
- the cocoons of silkworms
Answer
(a) the stem of the jute plant
- 3.
Which of these is a NATURAL fibre?
- acrylic
- rayon
- polyester
- wool
Answer
(d) wool
Section B · short answer
- 4.
What is the difference between natural and synthetic fibres? Give one example of each.
Answer
Natural fibres come from plants or animals (cotton); synthetic fibres are made in factories (polyester).
- 5.
Write "natural" or "synthetic": (a) acrylic (b) nylon
Answer
(a) synthetic (b) synthetic
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Describe how cotton cloth is made, from the field to the shop.
Answer
Cotton bolls are picked from the plant; the seeds are removed and the fibres cleaned; the fibres are spun into thread; the thread is woven into cloth on a loom; the cloth is dyed or printed; tailors stitch it into clothes that are sold.
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