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Question
What is shearing?
Solution
The fleece of the sheep is removed from its body. This is called shearing.
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You must be familiar with the given nursery rhymes
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool.
Answer the following:
Which parts of the black sheep have wool?
What is meant by term Rearing?
What is meant by term Sericulture?
Given below is a sequence of steps in the processing of wool. Which are the missing steps? Add them
Shearing, __________, sorting, __________, __________, __________
Given below is a crossword puzzle based on this lesson. Use hints to fill in the blank spaces with letters that complete the words.
Down
(D) 1: Thorough washing
2 : Animal fibre
3 : Long thread like structure
Across
(A) 1 : Keeps warm
2 : Its leaves are eaten by silkworms
3 : Hatches from egg of moth
What are the two types of fibres that are obtained from animals?
What are the characteristics of wool? Give any three.
What are the major steps involved in this wool factory.
Write the uses of the wool.
State whether the following statements are True or False. If false, correct them.
In India, camels and goats are generally reared for obtaining wool.
State whether the following statements are True or False. If false, correct them.
In the process of obtaining wool from fleece, sorting is done after scouring.
How does the hair of certain animals help in keeping their bodies warm?
Figure 3.1 shows three rings of circles with letters in them. Some of these letters in each ring can form the name of one wool yielding animal. Find the names of these animals.
A wholesale woollen fibre dealer gets the woollen fibre of different textures sorted for various purposes. Match the items in Column I with the woollen fibre in Column II.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Pashmina shawl | (i) | Camel wool |
| (b) | Woollen carpet | (ii) | Angora wool |
| (c) | Baby blanket | (iii) | Kashmir goat |
| (d) | Woollen sweater | (iv) | Sheep wool |
On burning wool, why we get the small of burning of hair?
The scouting process during the processing of wool refers to ______.
