Science ch-3: Fibre to
fabric
Q1. How many natural fibers
are there? Name them.
Q2. How is wool produced?
From what all animals do we
get wool?
Q3. What is wool used to
make?
Q4. What are the qualities of
wool?
Q5. How is wool turned into
yarn? Name some major
wool-producing states of our
country.
Q6. list some unique facts
about wool.
Q7. Where were sheep first
domesticated?
Q8. What is a natural fiber
obtained by sheep and what
type of fleece does it have
on its body? How many
fibers is this fleece made-up
of?
Q9. What part of the hair is
used to produce wool from
sheep?
Q10. What is the average
lifespan of a sheep and what
conditions can it survive in?
Q11. Are sheep all of the
same breed in our country?
if not does the breed of the
sheep depend on the quality
of the world? If so, which
sheep produces high-quality
wool?
Q12. What is a female sheep
called? What about the mail
and the young sheep? How
many lambs do a sheep give
birth to at a time? How do
these lambs identify their
mother?
Q13. How is wool obtained
from goats? Name some
common breeds of goats in
India.
Q14. How is cashmere wool
obtained?
Q15. Where are goats found?
What is the wool of goats
mostly woven into?
Q 16. How is wool obtained
from camels?
Q17. How much wool does a
male camel yield in a year?
What about the female
camel?
Q18. Which camel yields an
exceptionally fine, soft, and
lustrous bull? Where is it
found?
Q19. How is wool obtained
from rabbits? Which rabbit
yields exceptionally fine and
soft wool? How much
quantity of wool fibers from
rabbits are available? And is
it expensive?
Q20. What is rabbit wool
usually mixed with?
Q21. Where do yaks live?
Give two examples. How is
their undercoat and what
does it produce?
Q22. What are muskoxen
similar to? Where does it
live? How much does their
thick coat extend up to?
Q23. What is the wool
produced by muskoxen like?
Q24. Where are sheep
reared in our country?
Q25. Where are sheep kept
by their rearers? How should
their shed be? Why so?
Q26. How do the sheep
rearers take care of their
sheep?
Q27. For what are the sheep
with soft under hair
selected? What do we get by
the selection of parents in
sheep?
Q28. list the several types of
Indian breeds in sheep.
Q29. What is botany wool?
Where does it come from?
Q30. When is shearing
usually done? Why so?
Q31. How is shearing done
manually? and how do we do
it today and why?
Q32. How is the fleece
supposed to be removed
from the sheep and why do
we need a skilled shearer?
Q33. What is sheared wool
process to get? Name the
processes involved in wool
production.
Q34. Explain the process of
scouring.
Q35. Explain the process of
sorting.
Q36. Explain the process of
grading.
Q37. Explain the process of
dyeing.
Q38. Explain the process of
drying.
Q39. Explain the process of
spinning, weaving, and
knitting.
Q40. What are the largest
wool-producing countries?
Q41. list the characteristic
features of wool.
Q42. from where is silk
produced? What texture
does silk have and what is it
used to make? Is silk a good
conductor of heat? If not
how is this knowledge
helpful?
Q43. Silkworm is a common
name for what? What is the
larva usually referred to as?
How many stages does the
life cycle of a silkworm have?
Name them.
Q44. how many eggs does
the female silk moth Lay at a
time? What is the size of
these eggs? When do the
eggs hatch and once they
hatch what are they turned
into and what do they eat for
the first three to four weeks?
Q45. How do the larvae eat
and what else happens
during this time period?
What happens after the
larva achieves its maximum
growth?
Q46. What does the pupa
do? What does the cocoon
secrete and how long is this
fiber? Where are the special
glands of the silkworm and
how long does the formation
take?
Q47. What happens to the
cocoon in the further
development of the moth?
Q48. What is the difficulty of
making products from the
silk of a silkworm?
Q49. Which are the top two
countries that have the
world's largest raw silk
producers? In India, 90% of
Mulberry silk is obtained.
and which other silk-
producing states in India?
Q50. What are the properties
and characteristic features
of silk?
Q51. What are the health
hazards of sericulture?
Q52. What material does the
spider use to make their
webs and how much
stronger is it than steel?
Write a property about it.
Define the following:
D1. Define silk
D2. Define Mohair
D3. What is Cashmere wool
D4. What is selective
breeding
D5. Define shearing
D6. Who is a shearer
D7. Define moulting
D8. What is a cocoon?
Answer in a word or
sentence:
W1. What is the chief source
of wool?