To walk through a waterlogged area, you usually shorten the length of your dress by folding it. Can this change be reversed?
Yes, this change can be reversed. We usually shorten the length of our dress by folding it. It can be reversed by unfolding the length of the dress. So this change is an example of reversible changes.
A thick coating of a paste of Plaster of Paris (POP) is applied over the bandage on a fractured bone. It becomes hard on drying to keep the fractured bone immobilised. Can the change in POP be reversed?
A bag of cement lying in the open gets wet due to rain during the night. The next day the sun shines brightly. Do you think the changes, which have occurred in the cement, could be reversed?
A drawing sheet changes when you draw a picture on it. Can you reverse this change?
You accidentally dropped your favourite toy and broke it. This is a change you did not want. Can this change be reversed?
Give examples to explain the difference between changes that can or cannot be reversed.
Some changes are listed in the following table. For each change, write in the blank column, whether the change can be reversed or not.
S.No. | Change | Can be reversed (Yes/ No) |
---|---|---|
1 | The sawing of a piece of wood | |
2 | The melting of ice candy | |
3 | Dissolving sugar in water | |
4 | The cooking of food | |
5 | The ripening of a mango | |
6 | Souring of milk |
(a) Which kind of garbage is not converted into compost by the redworms?
(b) Have you seen any other organism besides redworms, in your pit? If yes, try to find out their names. Draw pictures of these.
Rearrange the boxes given below to make a sentence that helps us understand opaque objects.
Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
Name the major nutrients in our food.
Classify the following fibres as natural or synthetic:
nylon, wool, cotton, silk, polyester, jute
Name five objects which can be made from wood.
Why do we need to separate different components of a mixture? Give two examples.
Correct the following statements and rewrite them in your notebook.
(a) Stem absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
(b) Leaves hold the plant upright.
(c) Roots conduct water to the leaves.
(d) The number of petals and sepals in a flower is always equal.
(e) If the sepals of a flower are joined together, its petals are also joined together.
(f) If the petals of a flower are joined together, then the pistil is joined to the petal.
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Joints of the bones help in the ——————— of the body.
(b) A combination of bones and cartilages forms the _______ of the body.
(c) The bones at the elbow are joined by a ______________________ joint.
(d) The contraction of the _____________ pulls the bones during movement.
What is a habitat?
The height of a person is 1.65 m. Express it into cm and mm.
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Joints of the bones help in the ——————— of the body.
(b) A combination of bones and cartilages forms the _______ of the body.
(c) The bones at the elbow are joined by a ______________________ joint.
(d) The contraction of the _____________ pulls the bones during movement.
From which parts of the plant cotton and jute are obtained?
What is a habitat?
State whether the following statements are true or false:
a) Yarn is made from fibres.
b) Spinning is a process of making fibres.
c) Jute is the outer covering of coconut.
d) The process of removing seed from cotton is called ginning.
e) Weaving of yarn makes a piece of fabric.
f) Silk fibre is obtained from the stem of a plant.
g) Polyester is a natural fibre.
Which of the following plants have you seen? of those that you have seen, which one have flowers?
Grass, maize, wheat, chilli, tomato, tulsi, pipal, shisham, banyan, mango, jamun, guava, pomegranate, papaya, banana, lemon, sugarcane, potato, groundnut
If a plant has fibrous root, what type of venation do its leaves likely to have?
Explain why the bulb would not glow in the arrangement shown in Fig. 12.13.
Which of the following leaves have reticulate venation?
Wheat, tulsi, maize, grass, coriander (dhania), China rose
The distance between Radha's home and her school is 3250 m. Express this distance into km.