Question: 1
Name five objects which can be made from wood.
Answer: Five objects which can be made from wood are:
(i) Table
(ii) Almirah
(iii) Doors
(iv) Bed
(v) Sofa
Question: 2
Select those objects from the following which shine Glass bowl, plastic toy, steel spoon, cotton shirt
Answer: Objects which shine are:
Glass bowls and steel spoons are lustrous.
Question: 3
Match the objects given below with the materials from which they could be made. Remember, an object could be made from more than one material and a given material could be used for making many objects.
| Objects | Materials |
| Book | Glass |
| Tumbler | Wood |
| Chair | Paper |
| Toy | Leather |
| Shoes | Plastics |
Answer:
| Objects | Materials |
| Book | Paper, wood |
| Tumbler | Glass, wood, plastic |
| Chair | wood, plastic |
| Toy | Glass, wood, plastic, paper, leather |
| Shoes | Leather, plastic |
Question: 4
State whether the statements given below are True or False.
(i) Stone is transparent, while glass is opaque.
(ii) A notebook has lustre while an eraser does not.
(iii) Chalk dissolves in water.
(iv) A piece of wood floats on water.
(v) Sugar does not dissolve in water.
(vi) Oil mixes with water.
(vii) Sand settles down in the water.
(viii) Vinegar dissolves in water.
Answer:
(i) False
(ii) False
(iii) False
(iv) True
(v) False
(vi) False
(vii) True
(viii) True
Question: 5
Given below are the names of some objects and materials:
Water, basket – ball, orange, sugar, globe, apple and earthen pitcher
Group them as:
(a) Round-shaped and other shapes
(b) Eatables and non-eatables
Answer:
- Round-shaped and other shapes
| Rounded shape | Other shapes |
| Orange | Sugar |
| basketball | apple |
| globe | |
| Earthen pitcher |
(b) Eatables and non-eatables
| Eatables | Non – eatables |
| Orange | Earthen pitcher |
| Sugar | basketball |
| apple | globe |
| water |
Question 6:
List all items known to you that float on water. Check and see if they will float on an oil or kerosene.
Answer:
Wooden, leaves, plastic bottles, Paper, Hair, thermocol, Boat etc. will float on water as well as on kerosene.
Question 7:
Find the odd one out from the following:
- a) Chair, Bed, Table, Baby, Cupboard
- b) Rose, Jasmine, Boat, Marigold, Lotus
- c) Aluminium, Iron, Copper, Silver, Sand
- d) Sugar, Salt, Sand, Copper sulphate
Answer:
- a) Baby: All others are non–living and made up of wood.
- b) Boat: All others are flowers.
- c) Sand: All others are metals.
- d) Sand: All others are in crystal forms.