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CBSE

Class 6 Science
Model Paper
Session-2017-18
B.E.S. Model High School

General Instructions:

All questions are compulsory.


Wherever necessary,the diagram drawn should be neat and properly labeled.
Question numbers 1 to 5 in Section - A are one mark questions. These are to be
answered in one word or in one sentence.
Question numbers 6 to 9 in Section - B are two marks questions. These are to be
answered in about 20 words each.
Question numbers 10 to 13 in Section - C are three marks questions. These are to be
answered in about 30 words each.
Question numbers 14 to 16 in Section - D are five marks questions. These are to be
answered in about 50 - 70 words each.

SECTION - A

1. What is a scavenger?
2. Fill up the blanks:
a. Tiger is a _____ because it eats only meat.
b. Deer eats only plant products and so, is called ______.
3. Mention one change caused by force/pressure.
4. What is malnutrition?
5. Mention any four major nutrients in our food?

SECTION -B

6. Name the conditions required for sprouting. (PBQ)


7. Why are electric lines never hung tautly between the poles? (PBQ)
8. Give examples to explain the difference between changes that can or cannot be reversed.
9. Name the major components of food and at least two food items rich in each food

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component. (PBQ)

SECTION - C

10.
a. Why are green plants called producers?
b. Are humans herbivores, carnivores or omnivores?
11. Burning of fuel releases different types of gases into the air. These gases pollute the air.
It is advised to use clean fuel. (VBQ)
a. What type of change is burning of fuel?
b. Which values have been expressed by this advice?
12. 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?
13. What is the importance of proteins in our body?

SECTION - D

14. What are the different parts of plants used as food? Write their names.
15.
a. Mention one application of expansion on heating and contraction on cooling. 2M
b. Classify the following into physical and chemical changes. 3M
i. Melting in wax
ii. Burning of agarbatti
iii. Tearing of cloth
16. Explain the importance of the following vitamins and the foods from which they can be
obtained.
17.
i. Vitamin - A
ii. Vitamin - B Complex
iii. Vitamin C
iv. Vitamin D

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CBSE Class 6 Science (Cycle Test-I)
SESSION 2015-2016
VANDANA SCHOOL

General Instruction:

This question paper contains 7 questions.


All the questions are compulsory.
Marks for each question are indicated against it.

Q1. Write one word for the following: -(0.5*6=3)

1. The organism who depends on others for food.


2. The rearing of honeybees on large scale.
3. The animal product that serves as source of food for humans.
4. The shiny appearance of material.
5. The property by which heat is conducted through a substance.
6. The liquid which mix with each other.

Q2 Name them:- (0.5*6=3)

1. The animal that eat only dead animals.


2. The animal who eat meat an plants both.
3. The organism who return nutrients back to environment.
4. Anything that occupies space and has mass.
5. Placing similar things together.
6. The material that float on water.

Q3. Define the following terms (any four) :- (0.5*6=3)

1. Ingredients
2. Plsiclculcure
3. Materials
4. Balanced diet
5. Solvent

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Q4. Correct the following statements (0.5*6=3)

1. Iron nail floats on water.


2. Copper is a bad conductor of electricity.
3. Oil is called a universal solvent.
4. Tiger and lion eats only plants.
5. Sugar is obtained from animals.
6. Potato tuber is the part of root.

Q5. Give reasons (any two) :- (2*2=4)

1. Why green plants are considered as producers?


2. Why Bakelite is used to make handles of cooker?
3. Why window panes of bathroom are made of translucent glass?

Q6. Give difference between them (any two):- (2*2=4)

1. Herbivore – Carnivore
2. Soluble substances – insoluble substances
3. Good Conductor – Bad conductor

Q7. Answer the following question (any three) :- (3*3=9)

1. Draw a diagram of plant and label it’s parts.


2. What are the 2 main sources of food?
3. Write any two plant parts which is used as food & it’s example.
4. Give two examples each of made of cotton, plastic & leather.
5. What is classification? Write any two advantages of classification.

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CBSE Class 6 Science (FA1) Set-B
Last Year Paper
SESSION 2016-2017

General instructions:
• This question paper has 7 questions
• Write the answers neatly and legibly.
• All the questions are compulsory.
• Draw diagrams wherever necessary.

1. Choose the correct answer to the following: (4)

a. The edible part of tomato and mango plant is ____________.


i. fruit ii. root iii. stem iv. Leaf
b. _________ can eat both plants and animals.
i. Goat ii. Lion iii. Cockroaches iv. Horse
c. Pellagra is a deficiency disease caused by the deficiency of______________.
i Vitamin E ii. Vitamin D iii. Vitamin B3 iv. Vitamin C
d. The intake of ______________ prevents dental caries.
i. potassium ii. iodine iii. fluorine iv. Sodium
Ans. a. fruit b. cockroaches c. Vitamin B3 d. flourine

2. Name two food items rich in iodine. What is the deficiency disease caused by lack of
iodine in a person’s diet? (2)
Ans. Food items – iodized salt and seafood. Disease - goitre

3. List two functions of water in the body. (2)


Ans.Water helps our body absorb nutrients from food. It transports nutrients throughout the
body.

4. What is a food chain? Explain with the help of an example. (2)


Ans.Food chain shows how each living thing gets its food in a particular environment. Grass
Goat Lion

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5. Rashi was cooking food in the kitchen with her mother. She noticed her mother was
washing chopped vegetables. Rashi advised her mother to wash the vegetables before
chopping and peeling them.
a. Why did Rashi advise her mother not to wash chopped vegetables?
b. What values are displayed by Rashi? (3)
Ans.a. Washing of chopped vegetables leads to loss of nutrients.
b. helpful and generous

6. What is a balanced diet? How is scurvy caused and what are its symptoms? (3)
Ans. A diet that contains proper amount of each nutrient is called a balanced diet. Scurvy is
caused by the lack of Vitamin C in diet. Symptoms are : Swelling and bleeding of gums
Wound not healing properly.

7. a. Differentiate between omnivores and scavengers. Give an example of each.


b. How does a mosquito gets its food? (4)

Ans. (a) Omnivores are animals which eat both plants and animals. E.g – Cockroach and
crow. Scavengers are animals which eat dead bodies of animals. E.g- vulture.
(b). A mosquito has along sharp pipe instead of teeth which is used to pierce the skin and
suck the blood.

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CBSE Class 6 Science (SA-I) Set - 2
Last Year Paper
SESSION 2011-2012

General Instructions:

All the questions are compulsory.


Q. no. 1 to 10 carry one mark each. These must be answered in one word to one
sentence only.
Q. no. 11 to 18 carry two marks each. These must be answered in 20-30 words each.
Q. no. 19 to 26 carry three marks each. These must be answered in 30-50 words each.
Q. no. 27 to 32 carry 5 marks each. These must be answered in 50-70 words each.
There is no overall choice in the question paper. However there is internal choice in
Q. no. 15.
Draw neat, well-labelled diagrams wherever required.

Q. 1. Name the part of the plant which produces its food.

Q. 2. Rohan spilled iodine solution on boiled rice by mistake. The rice turned blue-black.
Which nutrient is present in rice?

Q. 3. Which method will you use to separate mangoes from basket containing various
types of fruits?

Q. 4. Name two items that are made from coconut fibres.

Q. 5. Define spinning.

Q. 6. If a Plant has fibrous root, what type of venation do its leaves are likely to have?

Q. 7. What is the process of conversion of water vapour into its liquid from called?

Q. 8. Name the nutrients which mainly give energy to our body.

Q. 9. From which part of the plant cotton and jute fibres are obtained?

Q. 10. Renu finds it difficult to move outside after sunset as she couldn’t see properly in

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darkness. What nutrient may be lacking in her diet?

Q. 11. Why do we need to separate different components of mixture? Give any two points.

Q. 12. We know that a plant cannot live without roots why are roots essential for a plant?
Give any two points.

Q. 13. Write the names of any two devices used for spinning. Also write name of devices used
for weaving and knitting.

Q. 14. Peeyush likes eating fat-rich food like samosa and poori very much. When his mother
asked him to eat vegetables, fruits etc. he said fats give more energy was he right? What do
you think he should eat?

Q.15. Fill in the blanks:


(i) ………. do not absorb water.
(ii) ……… is grown more in Assam and Bengal.

OR

Tick (√) the correct statements:


(i) Synthetic fibres are stronger than natural fibres.
(ii) We get silk from Yak.

Q. 16. What is transpiration?

Q. 17. Name the followings:


(i) Disease caused due to deficiency of iron.
(ii) Disease caused due to deficiency of vitamin D.

Q.18. What are herbs? Give one example.

Q.19. How will you best for the presence of protein in a food-item?

Q.20. True or False?


(a) Stem absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
(b) The number of petals and sepals in a flower is always equal.
(c) Bead like structures in ovary are called ovules.

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Q.21. Differentiate between natural fibres and synthetic fibres. Give two examples of each.

Q.22. Match the column I (mixture) with column II (method of separation)

Column I Column II

(i) Seeds in fruit juice Filtration

(ii) Iron powder in salt Churning

(iii) Salt in water Sieving

(iv) Stones in pulses Magnetic Separation

(v) Butter from curd Hand picking

(vi) Sand in water Evaporation

Q.23. What is leaf venation? Draw diagrams of reticulate and parallel venation in leaves.

Q.24. Is it possible to separate sugar mixed with wheat flour? If yes, how will you do it?

Q.25. If the diet of a person is deficient in both proteins and carbohydrates for a long time,
the growth may stop completely. Such a person becomes very thin and weak. This a
deficiency discase:
(i) What are deficiency disease?
(ii) Give one source of carbohydrate and protein each.

Q26. What do you understand by a saturated solution? Can we dissolve some more substance
in saturated solution. Explain your answer with reason.

Q.27. Complete the following table:

S. No. Vitamin/Mineral Deficiency Disease Symptoms

(1) Vitamin A …………………. Loss of vision in darkness

(2) …………………. Beri-Beri Weak muscles

(3) Vitamin C …………………. Bleeding Gums

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(4) …………………. Goiter ………………….

(5) Calcium …………………. ………………….

Q28. Oil and water are two liquids that do not mix with each other. Explain how will you
separate their mixture.

Q.29. Draw neat, welt labelled diagrams of:


(i) A flower
(ii) A taproot

Q.30. Name the following:


(i) Lowermost, Swallen part of pistil
(ii) Upper pollen bearing part of a stamen
(iii) An edible root (plant)
(iv) One plant with fibrous root
(v) The process by which green plants make their own food

Q.31. Correct the incorrect statements:


(i) Yam is made from fabrics.
(ii) Flax is an animal fibre.
(iii) Polyester and jute are natural fibres.
(iv) Jute is the outer covering of coconut
(v) The fruit of cotton plants is called cotton ball.

Q.32. One day Kajal went to her grandmother’s house. There she saw her grandmother
knitting a sweater. She asked her that for whom she was knitting the sweater. He
grandmother told it was for Kajal. Kajal became very happy and hugged her grandmother
later she wore the sweater when it was ready and she even gave a thank you card to her
grandmother.
(1) What is the difference between weaving and knitting?
(2) Kajal loves and respects her grandmother. Identify and write those activities which show
this.
(3) Write name of 2 animals that yield wool.

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CBSE Class 6 Science (SA– 1)
Last Year Paper
Session 2014-2015

All questions are compulsory.


Question No. 1 -10 carry 1 marks each.
Question No. 11-18 carry 2 marks each.
Question No 19-26 carry 3 marks each.
Question No 27-32 carry 5 marks each.

1. Name any one plant that grows in water and is eaten as food?

2. Name the riches source of vitamin C.

3. Name two plants that belong to herbs?

4. What type of change melting of wax is?

5. Name the thing which is used to make fibre.

6. Is oil soluble in water?

7. Your toy accidently dropped & broke. Can the change be reversed?

8. Name the method used to separate the pieces of stones from the grain.

9. If a plant has leaves with reticulate venation, what kind of roots will it have?

10. If you tie a scale with your arm, are you able to bend your elbow?

11. Which of the skull bone is moveable?

12. Write two functions of Root?

13. What is transpiration?

14. (i) Name the nutrient, which mainly give energy of our body.

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(ii) Name the nutrients that are needed for the growth and maintenance of our body.

15. Name the ingredients required to prepare a dish of boiled Rice?

16. Name the two types of fibres.

17. Find the odd one out from the following:

(A) Chair, Bed, Table, Body, cupboard

(B) Aluminium, Iron, copper, silver, sand.

18. What is sieving? Where can it be used?

Or

How would you obtain clear water from a simple of muddy water?

19. Match the following item given in Column I with a Column 2:

Column 1 Column 2

1. Man Plants

2. Butterfly Grains

3. Rat Both Plant and Animal

20. Karim went to his Rahim uncle’s village in vacation. He was running an poultry farm.
There was many hens playing here & there. Karim got very happy to see so many hens. Uncle
gave him some grains to feed hens. Karm feed hens with care and love without hurting them.
His uncle was very happy with his nephew’s caring attitude towards hens.

a) From where do hens get grains?

b) Which values do you learn from Karim and animals war by? Choose then and fill in the
picture given below:

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Loving

Caring

Generous

Cruel

Sensitive

Kind

21. Explain various kind of roots with the help of an example.

22. Explain the process of making yarn from fibre.

23. Give below are the name of some objects and material:

Water, Basket Ball, orange, globe & Apple. Group them as eatable & non-eatable.

24. Group the following materials and objet as transparent, opaque or translucent.

Water, wood, air, glass, card board, oiled paper.

25. Write three changes happening in our body.

26. Give examples to explain the difference between changes that can or cannot be reversed.

27. Fill up the blanks:

a) We get sugar from ………

b) Tiger is a ………… Products.

c) Parrots eat only …………. Products.

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d) Dear eats only plant product and so it is called ……….

e) The ………… that we drink, which comes from cows buffaloes and goats, is an animal
product.

28. Write True or False against the statement given below :

a) Bees collect the nector from roots of some plants.

b) Sprouted seeds give more energy.

c) Milk, cream, butter and ghee all belong to some group.

d) Brinjals is fruit.

e) All plants have only one edible part.

29. Correct the following statements and rewrite them:

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 sepals and petals in a flower is always equal.

e) If a sepal of a flower are joined together, its petal are also joined together

OR

Name of parts of flower:

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30. Name five objects which can be made from wood.

31. Name the method of separation of these mixtures:

a) Cream is separated from milk.

b) Separating stone and husk from wheat and rice.

c) Separating gains from the stalks.

d) Separating tea leaves from the prepared tea.

e) Water from the oil.

32. a) Name two animals, which move without bones.

b) Give an example of animal, which can walk, climb and fly in the air.

c) Name the organs that are protected by the ribcage.

OR

Match the items in column A with items of column B

Column A Column B

(a) Upper law (a) Have fins on the body

(b) Fish (b) Has an Outer Skeleton

(c) Ribs (c) is an immovable joint

(d) Snail (d) Product the heart

(e) Show very slow


(e) Cockroach
movement

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CBSE Class 6 Science SA-1
Last Year Paper
Session 2016-17

General Instructions:

1. All the questions are compulsory.


2. Q. no. 1 to 10 carry one mark each. These must be answered in cite word to one sentence
only.
3. Q. no. 11 to 18 carry two marks each. These must be answered in 20-30 words each.
4. Q. no. 19 to 26 carry three marks each. These must be answered in 30-50 words each.
5. Q. no. 27 to 32 carry carry 5 marks each. These must be answered in 50-70 words each.
6. Draw neat, well-labelled diagrams wherever required.
7. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However there is internal choice in is
given in some questions.

Q. 1. Name the nutrients which mainly give energy to our body.

Q. 2. Name one food containing the vitamin which keeps skin and eyes healthy.

Q.3. Name the mineral which deficiency causes tooth decay and weak bones.

Q. 4. Name the process of making yarn from fibres.

Q. 5. Name two plant fibres.

Q. 6. Which method is used to separate stones from pulses?

Q. 7. If a plant has fibrous roots, what type of venation do its leaves likely to have?

Q.8. In which part of a flower, you are likely to find the ovary?

Q.9. Which part of a plant absorbs water and minerals from the soil?

Q.10. Which process is used to separate grain from stalks?

Q.11. Write two functions of stem.

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Q.12. Sumit took small amount of mixture of boiled potato and water in a test tube. He then
added 2-3 drops of iodine solution in it. Name the main nutrient present in the mixture and
the colour produced.

Q.13. Draw a diagram of tap root.

OR

Draw a diagram of fibrous root.

Q. 14. Write the names of two plant sources of protein.

Q. 15. Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.

Q. 16. How will you separate sand and water from their mixture?

Q. 17. What is sieving? Where is it used?

Q. 18. Name the major nutrients in our food.

Q. 19. Which of the following leaves have reticulate venation? Maize, grass, tulsi, mango,
wheat, china rose.

Q .20. State whether the following statements are true or false:


(a) Leaves hold the plant upright,
(b) Roots conduct water to the leaves.
(c) Lemon is an example of shrub.

Q. 21. Read the paragraph and answer the questions given below it:
After people began to settle in agricultural communities, they learnt to weave twigs arid
grass into mats and baskets, vines, animal fleece or hair were twisted together into long
strands. These were woven into faberics. The early Indians wore fabrics made out of cotton
that grew in the regions near the river Ganga. Flax is also a plant that gives natural fibres.
(a) How were the fabrics made in ancient time?
(b) Name two natural fibres.

Q. 22. Fill in the blanks:


(1) More substance cannot be dissolved in …………. solution

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(ii) Stones are separated from grains by ………
(iii) Stones are separated from sand by ………

Q. 23. What is balanced diet? Write the name of two sources of vitamin C.

Q. 24. Write the name of one source each of carbohydrate, protein and tat.

Q. 25. (a) What do you mean by unsaturated solution?


(b) Which process is used to separate salt from sea water?

Q. 26. (a) Explain the process of making yarn from fibre.


(b) Name two synthetic fibre.

Q. 27. (a) Write the names of parts of flower.


(b) What is transpiration?
(c) Name the types of roots.

Q. 28. Fill in the blanks:


(a) Yarn is made from ………
(b) Plant fibres are obtained from ………. and …………
(c) Animals fibres are ………. and ……….

Q. 29. Write the names of five methods of separating substances from their mixtures.

Q. 30. Match the items column I with items of column II:

Column I Column II

(i) root (a) tree


(ii) leaf (b) petals
(iii) flower (c) conducts water
(iv) mango (d) transpiration
(v) stem (e) absorbes water

Q. 31. Write the name of disease caused by the deficiency of:


(i) Vitamin B1
(ii) Vitamin D
(iii) Calicium

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(iv) Iron
(v) Vitamin A

Q. 32. (a) Draw the diagram of flower.


(b) Draw the diagram of leaf.

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CBSE Class 6 Science (SA-I)
Last Year Paper
SESSION 2016-2017

General instructions:

All questions are compulsory.


Questions 1 -10 are of 1 mark each.
Questions 11-20 are of 2 marks each.
Questions 21-25 are of 3 marks each.
Questions 26-28 are of 5 marks each.
Note: Attempt all the questions. Draw neat and clean, well labelled diagrams
wherever necessary.

Fill in the blanks:

1. Joints and bones help in the _______ of the body.

2. Soil and air are the _______ components of the habitat.

3. An electric cell has _______ terminals.

4. Materials which are attracted towards a magnet are called _______ materials.

5. The layer of air around the earth is known as _______ .

Multiple choice questions, write the correct answer:

6. Upper jaw is an example of:

(a) immovable joint


(b) ball and socket joint
(c) hinge joint
(d) cartilage.

7. Fish swims with the help of:

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(a) gills
(b) fins
(c) scales
(d) skin

8. The heart is protected by:

(a) lungs
(b) liver
(c) Ribs
(d) kidney

9. An organism that shows very slow movements is:

(a) bird
(b) mouse
(c) rabbit
(d) Snail

10. A Cockroach has a protective:

(a) outer skeleton


(b) internal skeleton
(c) antenna
(d) scales

11. Which of the things in the following list are non-living:

Plough, Mushroom, Sewing machine, Earthworm, Water Hyacinth.

12. What is a ball and a socket joint?

13. Write any two properties of a magnet.

14. A Pencil Sharpner gets attracted by both the poles of a magnet, although its body is
made up of plastic. Name the material that might have been used to make some parts of
it?

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15. Draw the Diagram of a bar magnet.

16. Give an example where packaging of materials would have been reduced.

17. A drawing sheet changes when you draw a picture on it using pencil. Can you
reverse the change?

18. What is the Composition of Air?

19. Do you think it is better to use Compost instead of chemical fertilizers? Why?

20. You accidently dropped your favourite toy and broke it. This is the change you did
not want. Can you reverse this change?

21. Why should an electrician use rubber gloves while repairing an electric switch at
your home?

22. What do you do with the left-over food at home?

23. What is sieving? Where is it used?

24. What is the purpose of electric switch? Name four gadgets which have electric
switches built into them ?

25. Give three examples of irreversible changes.

26. List five activities which are possible due to the presence of air.

27. How will you obtain clear water from a sample of muddy water. Draw diagram.

28. Define Adaptation. How are cactus adapted to survive in a desert.

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CBSE Class 6 Science (SA-1) Set-1
Last Year Paper
Session (2016-17)

General Instructions:

This question paper has 28 questions and 4 printed pages.


All the questions are compulsory.
Write the correct serial number of the question before attempting it.
Draw well-labelled diagram wherever necessary.

1. Choose the correct answer:

a. Waste is removed by animals by the process of ______.

i. digestion
ii. respiration
iii. excretion
iv. ingestion

b. Which of these is a pure substance?

i. air
ii. milk
iii. distilled water
iv. oil

c. Which of these do all living organisms have?

i. muscles
ii. bones
iii. skin iv. cells

d. Fishes breathe through ______.

i. gills

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ii. lungs
iii. nostril
iv. nose

e. The edible part of sugarcane is a ______.

i. flower
ii. leaf
iii. root
iv. stem

f. The quickest source of energy is ______.

i. sugar
ii. fat
iii. protein
iv. stem

2. Rewrite the correct word by changing the underlined words:

a. Refined oil is a transparent substance.


b. Wheat grain can be separated from chaff by sedimentation
c. Freezing of water is a irreversible change.
d. Iron filings can be separated from sand by evaporation.

3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word:

a. There are about 117 different types of ______.


b. Substances that are formed as a result of a chemical reaction are called ______.
c. The mass per unit volume of a substance is called ______.
d. A/An ______ contains only one kind of atoms.

4. Give reasons for the following:

a. Synthetic fibres are used in making umbrellas.


b. A metro rail consumes fuel, can run but is not a living thing.
c. The handle of a pressure cooker is covered with plastic.
d. Wearing many layers of cotton will keep us warm in winters.

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e. A food chain always starts with green plants.
f. Melting of ice into water is a physical change.

5. Jenny was holding a cardboard and a glass sheet in her hand. Differentiate between the
two objects she was holding on the basis of transparency.

6. Write the important functions of the following parts of a plant:


a. Leaves
b. Roots

7. How will you separate iron filings from sand?

8. Rahul brought a new dress which neither absorbs sweat nor wrinkles but has lustre. Name
the type of fabric he bought. Compare it with the other type of fibre.

9. If a seed is put upside down in the soil, in which direction will the roots and stem grow?

10. Write one ingredient obtained from a plant and one from the animal of the following
dishes:
a) Kheer
b) Egg chow Mein

12. Rahul’s grandmother’s gold earring rolled under the bed. Rahul searched for it and found
a shiny object under the bed and took it out.
a. What is meant by a lustrous material?
b. Give any two values shown by Rahul.

13. What are the characteristic features of an herb?

14. Define Pistil. Draw its well- labelled diagram.

15. Why are windows made from glass?

16. What kind of change is burning of tyre? Why?

17. What is meant by respiration? Name the end products of respiration.

18. Look at the delicious pizza. Write the sources of the ingredients mentioned in the given
picture.

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19. Soni is playing while her mother is cooking in the kitchen. She notices the rice is burning
while her mother is busy with some other work. She quickly switches off the gas burner.
a. What kind of change is burning of rice?
b. What values are shown by Soni?

20. a. Name and define the process for which this device is used.
b. For which fibre Gandhiji used this device?
c. Give two uses of this fibre other than making clothes.

21. a. How are the teeth of carnivores different from those of herbivores?
b. How do parasites without teeth consume their food?

22. ‘Roughage does not provide nutrients yet it is an important component of food.’ Explain.

23. How are reversible changes different from irreversible changes? Support your answer
with two examples of each.

24. Study the picture given below and answer the following questions:
a. Which method of separation is shown in the picture?
b. What are the two conditions necessary for it?

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25. Why a growing child does needs more proteins in his/her diet than an adult?

26. a. Define filtrate and residue.


b. What type of impurities are separated by filtration?
c. Draw a well – labelled diagram of filtration.

27. The gums under the teeth of Reema appear to be swollen.


a. Name the deficiency disease she is suffering from.
b. What is the cause of this deficiency disease?
c. How can it be prevented?
d. Name the two foods rich in the nutrient required to prevent this disease.

28. Observe the given picture carefully and answer the following questions:

a. Identify the given pictures by stating the scientific terms to them.


b. State one similarity on the basis of the features of the stem of the given two pictures.
c. State one difference between the characteristics of the plants with a suitable example.

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CBSE Class 6 Science (SA-I) Set - 2
Last year Paper
SESSION 2016-2017

General Instructions:

All questions are compulsory.


Question No. 1 to 8 are very short answer questions and each question carry 1 mark
Question No. 9to 18 are short answer questions. Each question carries 2 marks each.
Question No. 19 to 27 are also short answer questions. Each question carries 3 marks.
QueStion No. 28 to 30 are long answer questions and each question carries 5 marks.

1. Write the names of any two abiotic components of our habitat.

2. Name the two terminal of the elctric cell.

3. What type of motion is in electric fan while motion?

4. Which of things in the following list are non-living?


Dog, Hammer. Calf, Radio, Mushroom.

5. State the Role of electric switch in the circuit?

6. Magnet always points towards which directions?

7. Define evaporation.

8. What is land fill?

9. Why does a bump of cotton wool shrink in water?

10. What is periodic motion? Give two examples.

11. How are shadows formed? Are shadows and refrections same?

12. Write two examples each of Biotic and Abiotic components of habitat.

13. (i). Give SI unit of length.

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(ii) Convert 3.0 km in to meter.

14. Differentiate between transparent and opaque object.

15. State for each of the following whether it is due to evaporation or condensation:

(a) Drops of water appear on the outer surface of the glass containing cold water.

(b) Steam rising from wet clothes while they are ironed.

16. What should you do with leftover food at have?

17. Can we decompose plastic by composting? Explain the reason there of.

18. Define Evaporation.

19. What is terrestrial and aquatic habitat? Give one example of each.

20. Give examples of the following - Substances or objects.


(a). Transparent
(b). Translucent
(c). Opaque objects.

21. Fill in the blanks:


(a) Rain, hail and snow..........water in the river.
(b) Change of water...........is called Evaporation.
(c) Watervapouns............to form tiny droplets.

22. What are magnetic materials '? Give twoexamples.

23. Why should an electrician use rubber gloves while repairing an electric switch ?

24. List thecomman characteristicsof living things?

25. (i) How many poles are there in a magnet?


(ii) Write any two uses of magnet.

26. (i) What is recycling?


(ii) Is garbage disposal the responsibility only of government?
(iii) Is it possible to reduce the problems related to disposalof arbage, If yes than how ?

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27. list the activies that are possible due to the presence air.

28. Match the following:

Column – I Column -II

(a) Nitrogen and Oxygen , (a) Open area

(b) Land fill (b) Magncesic meterial

(c) Red worms (c) 99% of air 99%

(d) Iron (d) magnesia

(e) Magnetite (e) Do not have teach

29. Draw any two figures in the following:

(i) Wind mil1mIt


(ii) Desert planted
(iii) Torch bulbs

30. Fill in the blanks:


1. The method of making compost from kitchen garbage with help of red worms is
called.......... .
2. ..........supports burning and respiration is nacessaiy “ living organisms.
3. Excessive rain may cause............ .
4. In the magnets same poles............ each other.
5. Motion of the needle of swing machine is...........

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CBSE Class 6 Science (SA-1) Paper-03
Last Year Paper
Session (2016-17)

General Instructions:

1. All the questions are compulsory.


2. Q. no. 1 to 10 carry one mark each. These must be answered in one word to one sentence
only.
3. Q. no. 11 to 18 carry two marks each. These must be answered in 20-30 words each.
4. Q. no. 19 to 26 carry three marks each. These must be answered in 30-50 words each.
5. Q. no. 27 to 32 carry 5 marks each. These must be answered in 50-70 words each.
6. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However there is internal choice in Q.
no. 15.
7. Draw neat, well-labelled diagrams wherever required.

Q. 1. Name the part of the plant which produces its food.

Q. 2. Rohan spilled iodine solution on boiled rice by mistake. The rice turned blue-black.
Which nutrient is present in rice?

Q. 3. Which method will you use to separate mangoes from basket containing various types
of fruits?

Q. 4. Name two items that are made from coconut fibres.

Q. 5. Define spinning.

Q. 6. If a Plant has fibrous root, what type of venation do its leaves are likely to have?

Q. 7. What is the process of conversion of water vapour into its liquid from called?

Q. 8. Name the nutrients which mainly give energy to our body.

Q. 9. From which part of the plant cotton and jute fibres are obtained?

Q. 10. Renu finds it difficult to move outside after sunset as she couldn’t see properly in

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darkness. What nutrient may be lacking in her diet?

Q. 11. Why do we need to separate different components of mixture? Give any two points.

Q. 12. We know that a plant cannot live without roots why are roots essential for a plant?
Give any two points.

Q. 13. Write the names of any two devices used for spinning. Also write name of devices used
for weaving and knitting.

Q. 14. Piyush likes eating fat-rich food like samosa and poori very much. When his mother
asked him to eat vegetables, fruits etc. he said fats give more energy was he right? What do
you think he should eat?

Q. 15. Fill in the blanks:


(i) .......... do not absorb water.
(ii) .......... is grown more in Assam and Bengal.

OR

Tick the correct statements:


(i) Synthetic fibres are stronger than natural fibres.
(ii) We get silk from Yak.

Q. 16. What is transpiration?

Q. 17. Name the followings:


(i) Disease caused due to deficiency of iron.
(ii) Disease caused due to deficiency of vitamin D.

Q. 18. What are herbs? Give one example.

Q. 19. How will you best for the presence of protein in a food-item?

Q. 20. True or False?


(a) Stem absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
(b) The number of petals and sepals in a flower is always equal.
(c) Bead like structures in ovary are called ovules

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Q. 21. Differentiate between natural fibres and synthetic fibres. Give two examples of each.

Q. 22. Match the column I (mixture) with column II (method of separation)

Column I Column II

(i) Seeds in fruit juice Filtration

(ii) Iron powder in salt Churning

(iii) Salt in water Sieving

(iv) Stones in pulses Magnetic Separation

(v) Butter from curd Hand picking

(vi) Sand in water Evaporation

Q. 23. What is leaf venation? Draw diagrams of reticulate and parallel venation in leaves.

Q. 24. Is it possible to separate sugar mixed with wheat flour? If yes, how will you do it?

Q. 25. If the diet of a person is deficient in both proteins and carbohydrates for a long time,
the growth may stop completely. Such a person becomes very thin and weak. This a
deficiency disease:
(i) What are deficiency disease?
(ii) Give one source of carbohydrate and protein each.

Q. 26. What do you understand by a saturated solution? Can we dissolve some more
substance in saturated solution? Explain your answer with reason.

Q. 27. Complete the following table:

S.No. Vitamin/Mineral Deficiency Disease Symptoms

(1) Vitamin A .......... Loss of vision in darkness

(2) .......... Beri-Beri Weak muscles

(3) Vitamin C .......... Bleeding Gums

(4) .......... Goiter ..........

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(5) Calcium .......... ..........

Q. 28. Oil and water are two liquids that do not mix with each other. Explain how will you
separate their mixture.

Q. 29. Draw neat, welt labelled diagrams of:


(i) A flower
(ii) A taproot

Q. 30. Name the following:

(i) Lowermost, Swallen part of pistil


(ii) Upper pollen bearing part of a stamen
(iii) An edible root (plant)
(iv) One plant with fibrous root
(v) The process by which green plants make their own food

Q. 31. Correct the incorrect statements:

(i) Yam is made from fabrics.


(ii) Flax is an animal fibre.
(iii) Polyester and jute are natural fibres.
(iv) Jute is the outer covering of coconut.
(v) The fruit of cotton plants is called cotton ball.

Q. 32. One day Kajal went to her grandmother’s house. There she saw her grandmother
knitting a sweater. She asked her that for whom she was knitting the sweater. He
grandmother told it was for Kajal. Kajal became very happy and hugged her grandmother
later she wore the sweater when it was ready and she even gave a thank you card to her
grandmother.
(1) What is the difference between weaving and knit
(2) Kajal loves and respects her grandmother. Identify and write those activities which show
this.
(3) Write name of 2 animals that yield wool.

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CBSE Class 6 Science (SA1) Set-A
Last Year Paper
SESSION 2016-2017

General Instructions:

All the questions are compulsory.


Q. no. 1 to 10 carry one mark each. These must be answered in cite word to one
sentence only.
Q. no. 11 to 18 carry two marks each. These must be answered in 20-30 words
each.
Q. no. 19 to 26 carry three marks each. These must be answered in 30-50 words
each.
Q. no. 27 to 32 carry carry 5 marks each. These must be answered in 50-70 words
each.
Draw neat, well-labelled diagrams wherever required.
There is no overall choice in the question paper. However there is internal
choice in is given in some questions.

Q. 1. Name the nutrients which mainly give energy to our body.

Q. 2. Name one food containing the vitamin which keeps skin and eyes healthy.

Q.3. Name the mineral which deficiency causes tooth decay and weak bones

Q. 4. Name the process of making yarn from fibres.

Q. 5. Name two plant fibres.

Q. 6. Which method is used to separate stones from pulses?

Q. 7. If a plant has fibrous roots, what type of venation do its leaves likely to have?

Q.8. In which part of a flower, you are likely to find the ovary?

Q. 9. Which part of a plant absorbs water and minerals from the soil?

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Q. 10. Which process is used to separate grain from stalks?

Q. 11. Write two functions of stem.

Q. 12. Sumit took small amount of mixture of boiled potato and water in a test tube. He then
added 2-3 drops of iodine solution in it. Name the main nutrient present in the mixture and
the colour produced.

Q. 13. Draw a diagram of tap root.

OR

Draw a diagram of fibrous root.

Q. 14. Write the names of two plant sources of protein.


Q. 16. How will you separate sand and water from their mixture?
Q. 18. Name the major nutrients in our food.
Q. 19. Which of the following leaves have reticulate venation? Maize, grass, tulsi, mango,
wheat, china rose.

Q .20. State whether the following statements are true or false:


(a) Leaves hold the plant upright,
(b) Roots conduct water to the leaves.
(c) Lemon is an example of shrub.

Q. 21. Read the paragraph and answer the questions given below it:
After people began to settle in agricultural communities, they learnt to weave twigs arid
grass into mats and baskets, vines, animal fleece or hair were twisted together into long
strands. These were woven into faberics. The early Indians wore fabrics made out of
cotton that grew in the regions near the river Ganga. Flax is also a plant that gives natural
fibres.(a) How were the fabrics made in ancient time?
(b) Name two natural fibres.

Q. 22. Fill in the blanks:


(1) More substance cannot be dissolved in ……………………. Solution
(ii) Stones are separated from grains by …………………….|
(iii) Stones are separated from sand by …………………….

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Q. 23. What is balanced diet? Write the name of two sources of vitamin C
Q. 24. Write the name of one source each of carbohydrate, protein and tat.
Q. 25. (a) What do you mean by unsaturated solution?
(b) Which process is used to separate salt from sea water?

Q. 26. (a) Explain the process of making yarn from fibre.


(b) Name two synthetic fibre.
Q. 27. (a) Write the names of parts of flower.
(b) What is transpiration?
(c) Name the types of roots.

Q. 28. Fill in the blanks:


(a) Yarn is made from ………
(b) Plant fibres are obtained from ………. and ………….
(c) Animals fibres are ………… and ………….

Q. 29. Write the names of five methods of separating substances from their mixtures.

Q. 30. Match the items column I with items of column II:


Column I Column II
(i) root (a) tree
(ii) leaf (b) petals
(iii) flower (c) conducts water
(iv) mango (d) transpiration
(v) stem (e) absorbs water

Q. 31. Write the name of deficiency disease caused by the deficiency of:
(i) Vitamin B1 B1)
(ii) Vitamin D |
(iii) Calcium
(iv) Iron
(v) Vitamin A

Q. 32. (a) Draw the diagram of flower.


(b) Draw the diagram of leaf.

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CBSE Class 6 Science (SA-2) Set-1
Last Year Paper
Session (2011-12)

General Instructions:

• All questions are compulsory.


• Question No. 1 to 8 are very short answer questions and each question carry 1 mark
• Question No. 9 to 18 are short answer questions. Each question carries 2 marks each.
• Question No. 19 to 27 are also short answer questions. Each question carries 3 marks.
• Question No. 28 to 30 are long answer questions and each question carries 5 marks.

1. Write the names of any two abiotic components of our habitat.

2. Name the two terminals of an electric cell.

3. What type of motion is in electric fan while in motion?

4. Which of things in the following list are non-living?

Dog, Hammer. Calf, Radio, Mushroom.

5. State the Role of electric switch in the circuit?

6. Magnet always points towards which directions?

7. Define evaporation.

8. What is land fill?

9. Why does a bump of cotton wool shrink in water?

10. What is periodic motion? Give two examples.

11. How are shadows formed? Are shadows and refrections same?

12. Write two examples each of Biotic and Abiotic components of habitat.

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13. (i) Give SI unit of length.
(ii) Convert 3.0 km in to meter.

14. Differentiate between transparent and opaque object.

15. State for each of the following whether it is due to evaporation or condensation:

(a) Drops of water appear on the outer-surface of the glass containing cold water.
(b) Steam rising from wet cloths while they are ironed.

16. What should you do with leftover food at have?

17. Can we decompose plastic by composting? Explain the reason there of.

18. Define Evaporation.

19. What is terrestrial and aquatic habitate? Give example of each.

20. Give examples of the following - Substances or objects.

(a) Transparent
(b) Translucent
(c) Opaque objects.

21. Fill in the blanks:


(a) Rain, hail and snow ......... water in the river.
(b) Change of water ......... is called Evaporation.
(c) Water vapors ......... to form tiny droplets.

22. What are magnetic materials '? Give two examples.

23. Why should an electrician use rubber gloves while repairing an electric switch?

24. List the common characteristics of living things?

25. (i) How many poles are there in a magnet?


(ii.) Write any two uses of magnet.

26. (i) What is recycling?


(ii) Is garbage disposal the responsibility only of government?

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(iii) Is it possible to reduce the problems related to disposal of garbage, If yes than how?

27. List the activities that are possible due to the presence of air.

28. Match the following:

Column-I Column-II

(a)Nitrogen and oxygen (a)Open area

(b)Land fill (b)Magnetic Material

(c)Red worms (c)99% of air 99%

(d)Iron (d)Magnesia

(e)Magnetic (c)Do not have teeth

29. Draw ant two figures in the following: -

(i) Wind mill


(ii) Desert Plant
(ii) Torch bulb

30. Fill in the blanks:

1. The method of making compost from kitchen garbage with help of red worms is called
.......

2. ...... supports burning and respiration is necessary living organisms.

3. Excessive rain may cause ........

4. In the magnets same poles ........ each other.

5. Motion of the needle of swing machine is ........

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CBSE Class 6 Science
S.B.O.A. School and junior College, Chennai
Hots Questions (II Term)

1. Snow leopard, a carnivore, lives in the Himalayan ranges. Only one of the groups of food
items mentioned below lists its food correctly. Identify it and discuss why the other three
groups cannot be its natural food.
Snow goose, shark fish, snow rabbit
Wild fruits, tender bamboo shoots, large freshwater fish
Mountain goats, musk deer and snow rabbits
Peacock, buffalo, monkey
2. Shalin went with his parents to the beach. He observed a dead starfish on the shore. To
his wonder the starfish was not streamlined shape. He asked his parents how starfish, an
aquatic animal, could survive in ocean?
3. Babu visited a zoo and he noticed that the neck of giraffe looks similar to that of a camel.
But he knew that it is not a desert animal. He wanted to clarify the reason for this specific
feature of giraffe with his teacher. What could be the explanation given by the teacher?
4. Manu’s father took him to a Dolphin show. He enjoyed the show and he was surprised to
see the dolphin, an aquatic animal staying out of water for a long time during the show.
How could it be possible for an aquatic animal to breathe in air when it is out of water?
5. Murali visited his native village during vacation. In his grandparent’s house, he saw a
hen sitting on few eggs continuously for days together. He tried to take the eggs but his
grandfather prevented him from doing so. Why?
6. Arun wanted to know the length of his kerchief. He kept one end of the kerchief at 1.0 cm
point on a scale. He noticed the other end touching 18.0 cm. then he told his friend the
length of the kerchief was 18 cm. But his friend told that he was wrong. Why?
7. Akshita observed some ants moving near the wall. She placed a sugar cube a little away
from the wall and waited patiently for the ants to deviate from their path in search of
sugar. To her surprise the ants started moving towards the sweet. She wanted to measure
the distance how far the ants moved from their path using a scale. Would she get the
correct measurement? If not, what could be done?
8. Varun and Balu measured the length of the blackboard in their classroom using their

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own hand span. Will the measurement be the same? Justify your answer.
9. When Hari rode on his bicycle he observed that due to the circular motion of the wheel,
the bicycle moved. But his sister told that, the blades of a fan which was switched on also
exhibit circular motion even though the fan is fixed in a place. What explanation would
have been given by his sister?
10. When the Earth rotates on its own axis, it is said to have rotational motion. At the same
time, it exhibits periodic motion also. How?
11. Leela noticed that her shadow is longer in the mornings and evenings but very short at
noons. Could you explain the reason to Leela?
12. Tharini kept her green colour pencil in front of a mirror and she noticed that the image
of the pencil was also green in colour. But the same green colour pencil gave a dark
shadow when it was kept in front of a candle flame. Why?
13. Deepak Kumar held a white paper in front of a torch light. Then he applied some oil on
the same white paper and held in front of the light. In which situation, would he get a
dark shadow?
14. Varun rolled a paper like a tube and he focused the stars through the tube but suddenly
his brother bent the paper tube for fun. Now he couldn’t see the stars through it. What
could be the reason?
15. On a full moon day, Geetha happened to be in the beach and watched the moon shining
very brightly and she enjoyed its reflection on the waves. But her mother told that even
though the moon shines, it is not a luminous object. Could you help her to find out the
reason for this?
16. While making a circuit using an electric cell, battery and wires, Tejas fixed both the ends
of the wires at the same point at the bottom of the bulb. The bulb did not glow. Why?
17. Ramu kept his wooden pencil in the circuit and observed that the bulb did not glow. Then
he sharpened both the ends of the pencil and connected the wires to both the tips of the
pencil. Now the bulb emitted light. How was it possible?
18. The negative and positive terminal of an electric cell are made of metals. Why?
19. When Priya went to his study room and switched on the bulb, it went off with a sound.
She took out the bulb and observed that the filament in it was broken. Explain the reason
why the bulb did not glow.
20. Suresh noticed that some sparks of fire coming out of the switch board. Immediately he
tried to pour a bucket of water over it. Is it advisable? Justify your reason.

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21. Neetu observed a rag-picker carrying a stick with a magnet attached to it. She asked him
why he was doing so?
22. Do you observe the door of a refrigerator closes automatically even if you don’t push it?
Why?
23. Balu and Ramu were playing with their toy cars. For fun Ramu kept a magnet over each
car and then he tried to dash the cars. But he couldn't even if he applied much force. Balu
wondered on seeing this and asked for the reason. What it could be?
24. Alisha kept a bunch of magnets near her music system. She observed some disturbances
from the system. Why?
25. The teacher was explaining to the students that the magnetic needle in a compass box
always come to rest in the North-South direction. To demonstrate this, she kept the
compass on the table and rotated it. One of the students standing near the table kept a
bar magnet under the table without the knowledge of the teacher. Would the teacher be
able to demonstrate the experiment properly? Why?
26. Allan built a house for his family. He covered the open space around his house with
cement as he thought during rainy season water would not stagnate around the house.
Do you think what Allan had done is correct? Give reason for your answer.
27. Murugan is a farmer. He is little lazy in nature. Every day he gets up late in the morning.
By the time he reaches his field to irrigate the crops, it would be 10 O’ clock. Is it the
appropriate time for watering the plants? Justify your answer.
28. Gujarat has launched the canal Solar power project to generate electricity. Through this
project Solar panels are set up atop the Narmada canals. Can you explain the two major
advantages of this project?
29. Sirsha went to her friend’s birthday party. Her friend arranged a sumptuous dinner. The
guests were served water in a plastic bottle of 400ml capacity. Sirsha saw many of them
drank only a little water from that and threw away the bottles. Seeing this, she felt
sad.What made her feel sad? What alternative method she could suggest her friend for
future parties?
30. Raju lives in an independent villa. Suresh is his neighbour. Both maintain a beautiful
garden. Raju uses a hosepipe to water the plants in his garden. Suresh setup pipelines in
such a way that the plants get water through drip irrigation method. Who is wise?
31. A weather cock shows the direction in which the air is moving. In that case, generally
speaking, in Chennai in the month of November, Which direction would it point? Give

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explanation for your answer.
32. Nowadays ready-to-eat food packets are either vacuum packed or filled with nitrogen to
increase their shelf life. Why is it so?
33. In remote villages people are still using firewood and dry cow dung as fuels for cooking
food. Even though, this saves money it is not advisable to do so. Why?
34. In the year 2009 there was an outbreak of swine flu. So during that period many people
started using masks. But, if there is a spread of dengue fever people would not use\
masks. What is the rationale behind it?
35. A person caught in an enclosed space where there is a fire accident may faint. Give
explanation.
36. The government has banned the use of polythene bags. Ram’s mother insisted the green
grocer to give vegetables in polythene bags. Is she correct? Why? Could you think of a
way of reducing the use of polythene bags?
37. Ali noticed that the land near his house is covered with organic waste. The waste
decomposes and emit foul smell also. He studied that this dumping sites often lead to
pollution of air, soil and groundwater. What steps he had taken to clean the place?
38. Sharan used to clean his garden on every Sunday. He often burns the dried leaves and
the part of branches fallen from the trees. His father scolded him to stop this practice.
Why? Suggest Sharan an alternative method to clean his garden.
39. Tharun took a mud pot and everyday he dumped the pot with the kitchen wastes like
vegetable and fruit peelings. He wants to produce a compost with the help of a type of
earthworms called red worms. He kept the pot in the place where the sunlight falls
directly. After three weeks, he noticed the foul smell from the pot and the red worms are
not seen. Why? Give reason and name the process involved.
40. Mala likes to buy colourful and fancy plastic containers to keep the grocery items. She
feels that these containers are light and easy to handle. But her friend advised her to
avoid purchasing fancy plastic containers to store things. Is her friend’s advice correct?
Give your opinion.
41. Unscramble the given words below to get correct word using the given clues and define
each term.
ATPADAOINT- Special features which enable living being to live in the surrounding.
LUMISIT-all living things respond to pease
42. Desert snakes and rats burrow deep into the soil during the day

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43. Tom was riding a bicycle along a straight road. He classified the motion of various parts
of the cycle as
i. Rectilinear motion
ii. Circular motion
iii. Both rectilinear and circular motion
44. While travelling in a train, it appears that the trees near the track are moving whereas
the co-passengers appear too stationary. GIVE REASON
45. Suggest and draw the situation where we obtain more than 1 shadow of a object at that
time.
46. On a sunny day, does a bird and an aeroplane fly high in the sky cast its shadow on the
ground? Under what circumstance can we see their shadow on the ground.
47. Three identical towels of red, blue and green colour are hanging on a cloth line in the sun
what would be the colour of the shadow of these towels?
48. Using a pin hole camera, a student observes the image of 2 of his friends, standing in
sunlight, wearing yellow and red t-shirt respectively. What will be the colour of the t-
shirts in the image?
49. Boojho has a cell and a single piece of wire. Without cutting the wire into 2, will he be
able to make the bulb glow? Explain with the help of a circuit diagram
50. If you connect a battery cell to the bulb through a wooden stick the bulb will not glow.
Why?

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VANDANA INTERNATIONAL Sr. Sec. SCHOOL
CYCLE TEST: I SCIENCE
CLASS – VI

Time allowed: 1 hours Maximum Marks: 30

Q1. Write one word for the following :- (0.5*6=3)


1. The organism who depends on others for food.
2. The rearing of honeybees on large scale.
3. The animal product that serves as source of food for humans.
4. The shiny appearance of material.
5. The property by which heat is conducted through a substance.
6. The liquid which mix with each other.
Q2 Name them :- (0.5*6=3)
1. The animal that eat only dead animals.
2. The animal who eat meat an plants both.
3. The organism who return nutrients back to environment.
4. Anything that occupies space and has mass.
5. Placing similar things together.
6. The material that float on water.
Q3. Define the following terms (any four) :- (0.5*6=3)
1. Ingredients
2. Plsclculcure
3. Materials
4. Balanced diet
5. Solvent
Q4. Correct the following statements (0.5*6=3)
1. Iron nail floats on water.
2. Copper is a bad conductor of electricity.

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3. Oil is called a universal solvent.
4. Tiger and lion eats only plants.
5. Sugar is obtained from animals.
6. Potato tuber is the part of root.
Q5. Give reasons (any two) :- (2*2=4)
1. Why green plants are considered as producers?
2. Why Bakelite is used to make handles of cooker?
3. Why window panes of bathroom are made of translucent glass?
Q6. Give difference between them (any two) :- (2*2=4)
1. Herbivore – Carnivore
2. Soluble substances – insoluble substances
3. Good Conductor – Bad conductor
Q7. Answer the following question (any three) :- (3*3=9)
1. Draw a diagram of plant and label it’s parts.
2. What are the 2 main sources of food? Write any two plant parts which is used as
food & it’s example.
3.
Give two examples each of made of cotton, plastic & leather.
4.
What is classification? Write any two advantages of classification.
5.

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