CLASS - 6 SCIENCE CHAPTER - 6 CHANGES AROUND US QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CLASS - 6 SCIENCE
CHAPTER - 6
CHANGES AROUND US
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question no. 1
To walk through a waterlogged area, you usually shorten the length of your dress by folding it. Can this change is reversed?Answer no. 1
Yes the change in the length of the dress can be reversed. The length of the dress can be increased by unfolding it. Hence shortening the length of dress can be reversed.Question no. 2
You accidentally dropped your favourite toy and broke. This is a change you did not want. Can this change be reversed?Answer no. 2
The broken toy cannot get back to its original shape. Hence change cannot be reversed.Question no. 3
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 or no)
1. The sowing of a piece of wood No
2. The melting of ice candy - Yes
3. Dissolving sugar in water - Yes
4. The cooking of food - No
5. The ripening of a mango - No
6. Souring of milk- No
Question no. 4
A drawing sheet changes when you draw a picture on it. Can you reverse this change?Answer no. 4
If the drawing is made by pencil then this change can be reversed by erasing the drawing. If the drawing is made by colour then change cannot be reversed.Question no. 5
Give examples to explain the difference between changes that can or cannot be reversed.Answer no. 5
Changes that can be reversed1 - stretched rubber band to its normal size.
2 - opening and closing the door.
Changes that cannot be reversed
1 - cow dung to biogas.
2 - convention of milk into curd.
Question no. 6
A thick coating of a paste of plaster of Paris (POP) is applied over the bandage on a fractured bone. It becomes hard on trying to keep the fractured bone in immobilised. Can the change in POP be reversed?Answer no. 6
When plaster of Paris is mixed with water, it brings a change in POP and on drying it becomes hard. One the POP is hardened, it is not possible to get back to its original form. Hence change in POP cannot be reversed.Question no. 7
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?Answer no. 7
No. Change cannot be reversed.Also see answers of the following chapters -
Garbage in Garbage out
Air around us
Water
Fun with Magnets
Electricity and Circuits
Light, Shadow and Reflection
Motion and Measurement of Distances
The Living Organisms and their Surroundings
Body Movements
Getting to know Plants
Changes Around Us
Separation of Substances
Sorting Material into Groups
Fibre to Fabric
Components of Food
Food : Where does it com from ?
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