DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BATHINDA
CLASS VII, SUBJECT: SCIENCE
WORKSHEET
CHAPTER: FIBRE TO FABRIC
Choose the correct answer:-
1. Paheli wanted to buy a gift made of animal fibre obtained without killing the animal.
Which of the following would be the right gift for her to buy?
a. Woollen shawl
b. Tiger fur jacket
c. Cotton shirt
d. Gunny bags.
2. Which word completes the given correlation? Silk:Cocoon::Wool:______ –
a. Cotton boll
b. Jute stem
c. Fleece of sheep
d. Flax
3. Read The Sentence Which Is Related To Processing of wool And Choose The Word For
It. “Washing of sheared skin to remove grease and dust in tanks.””.
a. Sorting
b. Removal of burrs
c. Shearing
d. Scouring
4. A wool fibre cannot be obtained from which of the following?
a. Goat
b. Llama
c. Alpaca
d. Silk moth
5. Silk fibres on burning gives odour same as burning hair. Can you identify the substance
present in it?
a. Fat
b. Protein
c. Glucose
d. Cellulose
Study the image given below and answer the questions that follow –
6. Identify the image shown above.
7. Can you find out what is stage ‘P’ called?
8. How is the organism shown in the image useful?
9. Can you tell the scientific name of the organism shown above?
Fill in the blanks –
10. The rearing of silkworms for silk is called __________________.
11. The process of removal of fleece of sheep is called ____________.
12. Sorter’s job is risky as they sometimes get infected by bacterium, _______.
13. Hair trap a lot of _________, which is a poor _________ of heat.
14. _________ and _________ fibres are obtained from animals.
True/False –
15. Silkworms are caterpillars of the silk moth.
16. In India, camels and goats are generally reared for obtaining wool.
17. The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called silviculture.
18. In the process of obtaining wool from fleece, sorting is done after scouring.
19. Yak hair is not used to make woollen fabric.
Answer the following questions –
20. Paheli went to the market to buy sarees for her mother. She took out a thread from the
edge of the two sarees shown by the shopkeeper and burnt them. One thread burnt with a
smell of burning hair and the other burnt with the smell of burning paper. Which thread is
from a pure cotton saree and which one from a pure silk saree? Give a reason for your
answer.
21. Explain the phrase – “Unity is Strength” on the basis of the making of fabric from fibre?
22. How does the hair of certain animals help in keeping their bodies warm?
