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Question 11 Mark
Why do earthworms come out of the soil during heavy rains?
Answer
When it rains heavily, water fills up all the spaces occupied by the air in the soil. In such a situation, animals like earthworms need to come out of the soil for respiration.
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Question 21 Mark
What happens if the percentage of oxygen in the air reaches to $70\%?$
Answer
If any substance catches fire, it will become difficult to extinguish the fire, as oxygen supports combustion.
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Question 51 Mark
The layer of air around the earth is known as ___________.
Answer
The layer of air around the Earth is known as atmosphere.
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Question 61 Mark
Why should you not sleep under the trees during the night?
Answer
During night, trees release carbon dioxide and excess of carbon dioxide can cause suffocation.
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Question 71 Mark
What happens when air comes in contact with a cool surface?
Answer
When air comes in contact with a cool surface, it condenses and drops of water appear on cool surface.
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Question 81 Mark
Will the tiny air bubbles seen before the water actually boils, also appear if we do this activity by reheating boiled water kept in an airtight bottle?
Answer
No. The bubbles are because of the air present in water. In an airtight bottle, no air is present.
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Question 101 Mark
What do you mean by relative humidity?
Answer
The content of water vapour in the air is expressed in terms of humidity or relative humidity.
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Question 111 Mark
Name the vital component of air. Specify its importance.
Answer
Oxygen is regarded as the most important and vital component of air. The living beings take in oxygen (respiration) and give off carbon dioxide. The oxygen used is replaced by plants in photosynthesis. The concentration of oxygen in the air is thus maintained. Thus, it is very important to sustain life on the earth.
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Question 131 Mark
Why do we feel suffocated in a closed room if something is becoming there?
Answer
We feel suffocated in a closed room if some material is burning there because burning causes excess of carbon dioxide and its accumulation causes suffocation.
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Question 141 Mark
What is the role of long chimneys in factories?
Answer
Burning of fuel takes place in factories, it produces smoke which contains a few harmful gases and fine dust particles. The chimneys in factories take the harmful smoke and gases away from us.
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Question 151 Mark
Explain the following observations very briefly.
An empty glass in fact is not empty.
Answer
An empty glass in fact is not empty. It is filled with air. Air is present everywhere.
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Question 161 Mark
Why you feel suffocation in a closed room, where some material is burning?
Answer
Burning of some material releases smoke that contains few gases and fine dust particles that is harmful, thus we feel suffocation in a closed room, where some material is burning.
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Question 171 Mark
State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them.
Air helps in the movements of sailing yachts and glider but plays no role in the flight of birds and aeroplanes.
Answer
False.
Explanation:
air also helps in the flight of birds and aeroplanes.
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Question 191 Mark
Why do policemen regulating traffic at a crowded crossing often wear a mask?
Answer
Wearing a mask at a crowded crossing saves the policemen from harmful smoke and dust particles emitted by vehicles, which may enter their nose.
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Question 211 Mark
State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them.
Air does not occupy any space.
Answer
False.
Explantion:
air occupies space, i.e. Air fills all the space available to it.
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Question 221 Mark
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate Words:
The oxygen helps in breaking down the digested food in the body to release the _______.
Answer
The oxygen helps in breaking down the digested food in the body to release the energy.
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Question 241 Mark
Are respiration and breathing same?
Answer
Breathing is just the intake of oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide.
Respiration is a chemical process which generates energy in body.
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Question 261 Mark
What will happen if the amount of oxygen is increased in the air?
Answer
Air will become more combustible and many substances may undergo fast oxidation.
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Question 301 Mark
How do the organisms living in soil get the air they need, for respiration?
Answer
The spaces between the soil particles are filled with air. This air is taken up by plants and animals for respiration.
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MCQ 311 Mark
Wind does not help in the movement of which of the following?
  • A
    Firki.
  • B
    Weather cock.
  • Ceiling fan.
  • D
    Sailing yacht.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Ceiling fan.
Wind does not help in movement of ceiling fan. It rotates by electricity.
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Question 321 Mark
What are the properties of air?
Answer
  • Air occupies space.
  • Air is present everywhere around us.
  • Air has no colour and one can see through it.
  • It is transparent.
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Question 361 Mark
Make sentences using the given set of words.
Air, wind, motion, called.
Answer
Air in motion is called wind.
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Question 371 Mark
Make sentences using the given set of words.
Respiration, dissolved, animals, air, aquatic.
Answer
Aquatic animals use dissolved air for respiration.
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Question 381 Mark
In a number of musical instruments, air plays an important role. Can you name some such instruments?
Answer
Air plays an important role in number of musical instruments such as flute, trumpet, harmonium, shahnai.
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Question 391 Mark
Ram is breathing with his mouth, is it write, if no why?
Answer
No, because dust particles may enter into his body.
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Question 411 Mark
State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them.
Plants produce oxygen during the process of making their own food.
Answer
True.
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Question 421 Mark
Why an animal living in soil does, comes out of soil for respiration in rainy season?
Answer
When it rains heavily, water fills up all the spaces occupied by the air in the soil. Therefore organism living in soil has to come out for respiration.
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Question 431 Mark
The component of air used by green plants to make their food, is ___________.
Answer
The component of air used by green plants to make their food is carbon dioxide.
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Question 441 Mark
Why is air dissolved in water richer in oxygen than ordinary air?
Answer
The air dissolved in water is richer in oxygen because oxygen has appreciable solubility in water, whereas nitrogen is insoluble in water.
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Question 451 Mark
Two jars A and B are filled with two gases-nitrogen and oxygen. Both are colourless and odourless. How can you identify the jar that contains oxygen gas?
Answer
By bringing a burning matchstick near the mouth of both jars, presence of oxygen can be checked. The matchstick will extinguish near the jar containing nitrogen.
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Question 461 Mark
State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them.
Plants consume oxygen for respiration.
Answer
True.
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Question 471 Mark
Why are factories fitted with tall chimneys?
Answer
Burning of fuel and materials produce smoke and other harmful gases which are released out of the factories by the chimneys.
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Question 491 Mark
Name the gases present in air. Which one of them is most abundant?
Answer
$N_2,O_2$, Ar (argon), $CO_2$, water vapour, neon (Ne), helium (He), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe) are present in air. Nitrogen is most abundant.
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Question 501 Mark
Activity.In the presence of your teacher, fix two small candles of the same size in the middle of two shallow containers. Now, fill the containers with some water. Light the candles and then cover each one of them with an inverted glass (one much taller than the other) as shown in the figure. Observe carefully what happens to the burning candles and the water level.
Do the candles continue to burn or go off? Does the level of water inside glasses remain the same?
Answer
Candles go off after some time because supply of oxygen, necessary for burning, has been stopped. No, the level of the water inside glasses rises up when the candles blow out.
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[1 Marks Each] QUE - ANS - Science STD 6 Questions - Vidyadip