CBSE Class 6 Science 

Chapter 3: Fibre to Fabric 

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1. Yarns are made up of ----------------.
2. ------------ are examples of fibres obtained from plants.
3. Polyester is an example of --------------
4. Cotton plants are usually grown at places having -------- soil and ---------- climate
5. The fruits of the cotton plant (cotton bolls) are about the size of a -------------
6. The process of combing of the cotton seeds to separate fibres are called --------------
7. Jute fibre is obtained from the --------- of a jute plant.
8. Jute plant is cultivated during the -----------season.
9. The process of making yarn from fibres is called--------------.
10. The two devices used for spinning are ------------- and ------------------.
11. The place where weaving is done is called --------------.
12. In ancient Egypt, ------------- and -------------- were cultivated to make fabric

Answers

1. Fibres
2. cotton and jute
3. Synthetic fibres
4. black, warm
5. lemon
6. ginning
7. stem
8. rainy
9. spinning
10. takli and charkha
11. looms
12. cotton and flax