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Given below is a sequence of steps in the processing of wool. Which are the missing steps? Add them.

Shearing, __________, sorting, __________, __________, __________

Solution

Shearing, __scouring__, sorting, __picking of burrs__, __dying of fibres__, making of yarn__

Some More Questions From Fibre to Fabric Chapter

The silkworm is (a) a caterpillar, (b) a larva. Choose the correct option.

 

Which of the following does not yield wool?

What is meant by the following terms?

(i) Rearing

(ii) Shearing

(iii) Sericulture

Given below is a sequence of steps in the processing of wool. Which are the missing steps? Add them.

Shearing, __________, sorting, __________, __________, __________

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

Out of the following, which are the two terms related to silk production?

Sericulture, floriculture, moriculture, apiculture and silviculture

Hints: (i) Silk production involves cultivation of mulberry leaves and rearing silkworms.

(ii) Scientific name of mulberry is Morus alba.

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

 

Column I

  

Column II
(i) Scouring (a) Yields silk fibres
(ii) Mulberry leaves (b) Wool yielding animal
(iii) Yak (c) Food of silk worm
(iv) Cocoon (d) Reeling
    (e) Cleaning sheared skin

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 Across

(D) 1: Thorough washing (A) 1: Keeps warm

2: Animal fibre 2: Its leaves are eaten by silkworms

3: Long thread like structure 3: Hatches from egg of moth

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