Class 6 Science - Chapter Garbage In, Garbage Out NCERT Solutions | (a) Which kind of garbage is not convert

Discuss :
(a) Is garbage disposal the responsibility only of the government?
(b) Is it possible to reduce the problems relating to disposal of garbage?

(a)Collect different kinds of packaging material. What was the purpose for which each one was used? Discuss in groups.
(b) Give an example in which packaging could have been reduced?
(c) Write a story on how packaging increases the amount of garbage.

Do you think it is better to use compost instead of chemical fertilisers? Why?

(a) Collect pieces of different kinds of paper. Find out which of these can be recycled.
(b) With the help of a lens look at the pieces of paper you collected for the above question. Do you see any difference in the material of recycled paper and a
new sheet of paper ?

(a) What do you do with the left over food at home?
(b) If you and your friends are given the choice of eating in a plastic plate or a banana leaf platter at a party, which one would you prefer and why?

Rearrange the boxes given below to make a sentence that helps us understand opaque objects.

To walk through a waterlogged area, you usually shorten the length of your dress by folding it. Can this change be reversed?

Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?

Name the major nutrients in our food.

Classify the following fibres as natural or synthetic:
nylon, wool, cotton, silk, polyester, jute

Name five objects which can be made from wood.

Why do we need to separate different components of a mixture? Give two examples.

Correct the following statements and rewrite them in your notebook.
(a) Stem absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
(b) Leaves hold the plant upright.
(c) Roots conduct water to the leaves.
(d) The number of petals and sepals in a flower is always equal.
(e) If the sepals of a flower are joined together, its petals are also joined together.
(f) If the petals of a flower are joined together, then the pistil is joined to the petal.

Fill in the blanks:
(a) Joints of the bones help in the ——————— of the body.
(b) A combination of bones and cartilages forms the _______ of the body.
(c) The bones at the elbow are joined by a ______________________ joint.
(d) The contraction of the _____________ pulls the bones during movement.

What is a habitat?

Using the "conduction tester" on an object it was found that the bulb begins to glow. Is that object a conductor or an insulator? Explain.

Classify the objects or materials given below as opaque, transparent or translucent and luminous or non-luminous:

Air, water, a piece of rock, a sheet of aluminium, a mirror, a wooden board, a sheet of polythene, a CD, smoke, a sheet of plane glass, fog, a piece of red hot
iron, an umbrella, a lighted fluorescent tube, a wall, a sheet of carbon paper, the flame of a gas burner, a sheet of cardboard, a lighted torch, a sheet of cellophane, a wire mesh, kerosene stove, sun, firefly, moon.

Explain the process of making yarn from fibre.

Name two foods each rich in:
(a) Fats
(b) Starch
(c) Dietary fibre
(d) Protein

What is the composition of air?

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

Some changes are listed in the following table. For each change, write in the blank column, whether the change can be reversed or not.

Give an example of a non-living thing, which shows any two characteristics of living things.

What is sieving? Where is it used?

How are clouds formed?