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The document is an assessment worksheet covering topics related to wool and silk production, including the sources of these materials and the processes involved in their extraction. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions, true/false statements, and definitions of terms like rearing and cocoon. Additionally, it outlines the life cycle of silk moths and the risks associated with sorter’s disease.

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Science Worksheet

The document is an assessment worksheet covering topics related to wool and silk production, including the sources of these materials and the processes involved in their extraction. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions, true/false statements, and definitions of terms like rearing and cocoon. Additionally, it outlines the life cycle of silk moths and the risks associated with sorter’s disease.

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ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET

Q1. Fill in the blanks.

i. Wool is obtained from the …body…………. of sheep or yak.


ii. Silk fibres come from ………saliva ……. of the silk moth.
iii. Yak wool is common in ……Tibet……… and …… Ladakh…...
iv. Silk fibres are made of a ……………..
v. ……Lama……. and ……Alpaca……., found in South America, also
yield wool.

Q2. True/False

i. The fur (hair) on the body of camels is also used as wool ……t….
ii. Caterpillars should be collected with bare hands. ……f……
iii. Weavers weave silk threads into silk cloth ……t…….
iv. For obtaining silk, moths are reared and their cocoons are collected
to get silk threads. ……t……
v. A female silk moth lays one egg at a time. ……f…….

Q3. What is the scientific name of mulberry?


The scientific name for the mulberry is Morus

Q4. Is silk a good conductor of heat?


Silk is a poor conductor of heat. It is very sensitive to heat

Q5. Name some Indian breed of sheep.


Chennai red
Ramanadhapuram white. ...
Keezhakaraisal. ...
Vembur

Q6. What is cocoon?


A silky case spun by the larvae of caterpillars/silk worms for protection as pupae.
ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET
Q7. What is Rearing?
Rearing: The process of keeping, feeding, breeding and medical
care of useful animals is called rearing of animals.
Q8. What is called reeling the silk?
The method whereby a range of cocoon baves are reeled together to create a single
thread is known as silk reeling. ... It is done by collectively unwinding filaments to
form a group of cooked cocoons in a hot water bath at one end and winding the
resulting thread onto a rapidly moving reel.

Q9. Name the stage next to caterpillar in the life cycle of silk moth.
The next stage is the pupa . The female silk moth lays eggs, from
which hatch larvae which are calledcaterpillars or silkworms.
Q10. Sorter’s disease is an occupational hazard. Explain
The sorter's job is very risky because sometimes,they get infected by the
bacteria called 'anthrax' which cause a deadly
blood disease called sorter's diseas

Q11. Various steps involved to obtain wool from fleece are given here.

1. Picking out the burrs


2. Dyeing in various colours
3. Shearing
4. Scouring
5. Sorting

Write the above steps in the correct sequence in which they are carried
out.

Shearing

Scouring

Picking out burs

Dyeing in various colours


ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET

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