Name two items that are made from coconut fibre.
Ropes, mats, bags, brushes are the items that are made from coconut fibre (eventually from the coconut). The husk or outer covering of coconut is known as coconut fibre which is also known as natural fibre.
Draw (a) a leaf, (b) a taproot and (c) a flower, you have studied for Table 7.3.
You are given an iron strip. How will you make it into a magnet?
Name two foods each rich in:
(a) Fats
(b) Starch
(c) Dietary fibre
(d) Protein
A thick coating of a paste of Plaster of Paris (POP) is applied over the bandage on a fractured bone. It becomes hard on drying to keep the fractured bone immobilised. Can the change in POP be reversed?
Tick (√) the statements that are correct.
(a) By eating rice alone, we can fulfill nutritional requirement of our body. ( )
(b) Deficiency diseases can be prevented by eating a balanced diet. ( )
(c) Balanced diet for the body should contain a variety of food items. ( )
(d) Meat alone is sufficient to provide all nutrients to the body. ( )
List all items known to you that float on water. Check and see if they will float on an oil or kerosene.
Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.
Why can a pace or a footstep not be used as a standard unit of length?
Given below are the names of some objects and materials:
Water, basket ball, orange, sugar, globe, apple and earthen pitcher Group them as:
(a) Round shaped and other shapes
(b) Eatables and non eatables
State whether the statements given below are True or False.
(i) Stone is transparent, while glass is opaque.
(ii) A notebook has lustre while eraser does not.
(iii) Chalk dissolves in water.
(iv) A piece of wood floats on water. (v) Sugar does not dissolve in water.
(vi) Oil mixes with water.
(vii) Sand settles down in water.
(viii) Vinegar dissolves in water.
You are given an iron strip. How will you make it into a magnet?
In which part of a flower, you are likely to find the ovary?
Where are poles of a bar magnet located?
Arrange the following lengths in their increasing magnitude:
1 metre, 1 centimetre, 1 kilometre,1 millimetre.
Which of the following plants have you seen? of those that you have seen, which one have flowers?
Grass, maize, wheat, chilli, tomato, tulsi, pipal, shisham, banyan, mango, jamun, guava, pomegranate, papaya, banana, lemon, sugarcane, potato, groundnut
Rearrange the boxes given below to make a sentence that helps us understand opaque objects.
Draw (a) a leaf, (b) a taproot and (c) a flower, you have studied for Table 7.3.
Explain why the bulb would not glow in the arrangement shown in Fig. 12.13.
Which of the non-living things listed below, were once part of a living thing?
Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric bulb, Cooking oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber
A magnet was brought from different directions towards a toy boat that has been floating in water in a tub. Affect observed in each case is stated in Column I. Possible reasons for the observed affects are mentioned in Column II. Match the statements given in Column I with those in Column II.
Column I Column II
Boat gets attracted towards the magnet Boat is fitted with a magnet with north pole towards its head
Boat is not affected by the magnet Boat is fitted with a magnet with south pole towards its head
Boat moves towards the magnet if north Boat has a small magnet fixed along its length
pole of the magnet is brought near its
head
Boat moves away from the magnet Boat is made of magnetic material when north pole is brought near its head
Boat floats without changing its direction Boat is made up non-magnetic material