Fibre to Fabric

Fibre to Fabric 

 1. What are fibres?

Ans: Fibres are thinner strands .

2. How the fabrics made up of?

Ans: Fabrics are made up of yarns and yarns are made up of fibres .

3. What are natural fibres?

Ans: The fibres of some fabrics such as cotton, jute, silk and wool are obtained from plants and animals. These are called natural fibres.

4. Give two examples of fibres obtained from plants.

Ans: Cotton and jute. 

5 . Give two examples of fibres obtained from animals.

Ans: Wool and silk.

6. From where the silk fibre is drawn?

Ans: Silk fibre is drawn from the cocoon of silkworm.

7. What are synthetic fibres?

Ans: Some fibres  are made from chemical substances , which are not obtained from plant or animal sources. These are called synthetic fibres.

8. Give some examples of synthetic fibres.

Ans: polyester , nylon  and acrylic.

9. Classsify the following fibres as natural or synthetic :

nylon , wool , cotton , silk, polyester , jute 

Ans: 

natural	synthetic
wool  , cotton	nylon
jute	polyester
silk

State whether the following statements are true or false

a) Yarn is made from fibres.
Ans: True.

 
b)Spinning is a process of making fibres.
Ans) False

c)  Jute is the outer covering of coconut.
Ans: False
 

d)The process of removing seed from cotton is called ginning.
Ans: True
 

e) Weaving of yarn makes a piece of fabric.
Ans: True.
 

f)   Silk fibre is obtained from the stem of a plant.
Ans: False.
 

g) Polyester is a natural fibre.

Ans: False.
 

Fill in the blanks:
a) Plant fibres are obtained from cotton and jute.

b)Animals fibres are wool and silk .

Q. From which parts of the plant cotton and jute are obtained?

Ans: Cotton is obtained from fruits of cotton.

Jute is obtained from stem of the jute plant.

Q. Name two items that are made from coconut fibre.

Ans: Ropes, mats are made from coconut fibre.