NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Science Chapter 3 Fibre to Fabric

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Science Chapter 3 Fibre to Fabric are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Science. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Science Chapter 3 Fibre to Fabric.

Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 7
Subject	Science
Chapter	Chapter 3
Chapter Name	Fibre to Fabric
Number of Questions Solved	9
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Science Chapter 3 Fibre to Fabric

Question 1.
You must be familiar with the following nursery rhymes:

1.  ‘Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool.
2. ‘Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow
   

(a) Which parts of the black sheep have wool?
(b) What is meant by the white fleece of the lamb?
Solution:
(a) Mainly the abdomen and back of the sheep have wool.
(b) White fleece refers to the white hair of lamb that is used to make wool.

Question 2.
The silkworm is
(a) a caterpillar
(b) a larva
Choose the correct option:

1. a
2. b
3. both a and b
4. neither a nor b

Solution:
1. a caterpillar.

Question 3.
Which of the following does not yield wool?

1. Yak
2. Camel
3. Goat
4. Woolly dog

Solution:
4.  Woolly dog.

Question 4.
What is meant by the following terms?

1. Rearing
2. Shearing
3. Sericulture

Solution:

1. Rearing: Rearing of animals means “taking care of economically useful animals by managing their breeding, feeding, medical care, etc., for obtaining one or more of their product useful for human beings”, e.g., apiculture, sericulture.
2. Shearing: The process of removing the fleece of the sheep along with a thin layer of skin is called shearing.
3. Sericulture: The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called sericulture.

Question 5.
Given below is a sequence of steps in the processing of wool. Which are the missing steps? Add them. Shearing, …………, sorting, …………, …………, ………….
Solution:
Scouring, picking out of burrs, colouring, rolling.

Question 6.
Make sketches of the two stages in the life history of the silk moth which are directly related to the production of silk.
Solution:

Question 7.
Out of the following, which are the two terms related to silk production? Sericulture, floriculture, moriculture, apiculture and silvicultrue.
Hints:

1. Silk production involves the cultivation of mulberry leaves and reàring silkworms
2. The scientific name of mulberry is Morus alba.

Solution:
Sericulture and moriculture.

Question 8.
Match the words of Column I with those given in Column II:
 Column I

1. Scouring
2. Mulberry leaves
3. Yak
4. Cocoon

Column II
(a) Yields silk fibers
(b) Wool yielding animal
(c) Food of silkworm
(d) Reeling
(e) Cleaning sheared skin.

Solution:
(l)-(e)
(2)-(c)
(3)-(b)
(4)-(a); (d)

Question 9.
Given below is a crossword puzzle based on this lesson. Use hints to fill in the blank spaces with letters that complete the words.
Down (D)
1: Thorough washing
2: Animal fiber
3: Long thread-like structure
Across (A)
1: Keeps warm
2: Its leaves are eaten by silkworms
3: Hatches from the egg of a moth

Solution:

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