QUESTION BANK
SCIENCE
CLASS-6
Ch-3 Separa on of Substances
Ch-5 Sor ng Materials into Groups
Note :- Read the chapter thoroughly. Go through the ques ons given below, write their answers in
your Science N.B. and learn them.
I. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN ONE OR TWO WORDS:
1. What is the term for placing or sor ng similar things together?
2. Give any two examples of rough materials.
3. Name two liquids that do not get mixed in water.
4. Write the name of a non-metal that is a conductor of heat and electricity.
5. State the term used for materials that are a racted by magnets.
6. Which state of ma er has no fixed shape and can be compressed easily?
7. Give two examples each of conductors and insulators.
8. Name any two translucent materials.
9. Which is miscible-coconut oil or vinegar?
10. Give one example each of soluble and insoluble gas in water.
II. PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1. Some metals are widely used for making jewellery and other decora ve ar cles. Give reason.
2. Rock and wood are hard while sponge and co on are so materials. Analyse the statement.
3. What would happen if roads were made of smooth glass instead of rough concrete?
4. Mirror is opaque. Jus fy the statement.
5. How is bu er paper different from glass in terms of transparency?
6. Why do shopkeepers use transparent jars to store sweets and biscuits?
7. What happens to most solids when the temperature is increased?
8. Why does sugar disappear when s rred in water?
9. A plas c bo le floats in water but when filled with sand, it sinks. Give a possible reason.
10. An electrician always wears rubber gloves before checking the main switch board. Give reason
III. DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN:
1. Conductors and Insulators (two points)
2. Transparent and Translucent materials (two points)
3. Soluble and Insoluble (two points)
4. Miscible and Immiscible liquids
IV. THINK AND APPLY:
1. You are designing a cupboard with a display window for trophies. What material will you use
and why?
2. It’s your friend’s birthday. You need to pack a gi but you s ll want your friend to get a hint of
what is inside the box. What kind of material will you use to pack the gi ? why?
3. Once you visited your uncle's gas plant agency where you observed that all the containers to be
used for packaging gas were sealed and pressurised. Write the possible reason.
4. Shikha saw her mother cooking food and no ced that the cooking pan had a metal handle. She
stopped her mother from touching it.
a) Why did she stop her mother?
b) Which materials should be used to make the handles of cooking utensils and why?
V. PRACTICAL APPROACH BASED QUESTIONS:
1. You are given 2 glasses filled with water, some sand and some salt. Then you are asked to add
sand to one glass, add salt to the other and s r them properly.
a) What you observe in both glasses?
b) What will you conclude through your observa on?
2. You and your friend are playing in the garden at your home. You collect some stones and some
fallen flower petals. Your friend asks you to run your fingers over both of them.
a) What will you observe when you touch both the objects?
b) Give an appropriate reason for your observa ons.
