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Chapter 1

FIBRE TO FABRIC
RECAP
 Clothes protect our body from extreme climate and insects

 Early men used Animal skin, bark of trees and leaves of trees as cloth

 Fabric is a material from which clothes are made

 Fabrics are made up of loose threads known as yarns

 Fibres are the hair-like

like thin strands which is the component of yarn

 Fibres are of two types – Natural and Synthetic

Cotton

Jute
Plant Fibre
Flax

Natural Coir

Silk
Fibres Animal Fibre

Wool
Nylon
Synthetic
Polyester

 Natural Fibres

 Plant Fibre

 Cotton

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 Soft fibre obtained from fruits of cotton plant called Cotton

Bolls.

 Require moderate rainfall

 Needs fertile clayey soil with good moisture holding capacity

 Gross well in Black Soil and Alluvial Soil

 Andra Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Punjab

 Ginning – The process of separating the cotton fibres from

the seeds by combing

 Spinning – The process by which fibres spun into yarn

 Weaving – The process by which two sets of yarns arranged together to make fabric

 Weaving is done in Looms – hand looms and Power Looms

 Cotton clothes are breathable

 Denim is a type of durable cloth used to make jeans

 Jute

 Jute is obtained from the stem of Jute plant.

 Jute is durable, strong and biodegradable

 Best grown in warm, humid climate with plenty of rainfall

 Grows in alluvial soil

 Jute is cultivated mainly in rainy season (in West Bengal – Sunderbans delta, Bihar,
Assam)

 Retting is the process of immersing harvested stems of the jute plant in water for a
few days in order to separate the fibre from the stem.

 Jute is used to make wrapping cloth for wrapping bales of raw cotton, sacks, gunny
bags, curtains, carpets, chair coverings etc

 Coir

 Coarse fibre extracted from the fibrous outer shell of a coconut.

 Resistant to damage by salt water

 Relatively water proof

 Used to make floor mats, door mats, brushes, sacks, ropes etc

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 Flax

 Fibre obtained from the stem of flax plant or linseed

 Fibres present in the outer part of the stem

 Fibres are separated from the stem by a process called

retting

 Flax is used to make linen cloth which is durable and

absorbent

 Flax is also used to make ropes and high-quality paper

 Animal Fibre

 Wool

 Obtained from the skin of sheep and some other animals

 Shearing – Removing the wool from animals using special clippers

 Wool traps air in between the fibres

 Does not allow heat from our body to escape.

 Knitting – is process of making fabrics from a single yarn

 India is among the top ten wool producers in the world

 Mainly used to make woollen clothes, carpets, felt and upholstery.

 Silks

 It is obtained from the cocoon of silk worm.

 Sericulture – rearing of silkworm for the production of silk

 Silk is strong and shiny

 Used to make sarees, tie, scarves etc.

 Synthetic Fibre

 Nylon and polyester are synthetic Fibres.

 Synthetic Fibres are polymers of plastics made from chemicals obtained from petroleum.

 Synthetic Fibre yarns are made with the help of a machine called spinneret

 Synthetic fibres are stronger than natural fibre.

 They do not wrinkle easily and dry easily.

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 They are not breathable and do not absorb sweat.

 They are often mixed with natural fibres such as cotton or wool to make it stronger and also
breathable

FILL UP / NAME THE FOLLOWING

1. Materials use for clothing

2. _________________ protect us from insects.

3. The kind of clothes people wear depend on the _________________ of a place.

4. _________________ fibres are obtained from either plants or animals

5. Fabrics are made up of _______________

6. Yarns are made up of _________________

7. The fruit of the cotton plant

8. Soaking of jute plant in water for few days is called __________________________

9. Removing of wool from sheep

10. Process of making yarn from fibres

11. Machines used for weaving of fabrics

12. Hand operated device used for spinning

13. _____________ is obtained from the fleece of animals such as sheep, goat, camel etc

14. Cotton and wool are _________________ fibres

15. Linen is made from ______________

16. Jute is obtained from the ___________ of the jute plant

17. Wool traps ______ between its fibres

18. Hemp is obtained from ______________ of the hemp plant

19. Silk obtained form ___________________ of silkworm.

20. _______________ is a plant fibre obtained from the husk of coconut

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21. Jute is cultivated during ________________ season

22. Cotton is cultivated during ________________ season

23. Tightly compressed bundles of cotton are called ______________

24. ___________ is a type of durable cloth used to make jeans

25. Weaving of fabrics from yarns is done by a machine called _______________

26. _____________ is among top ten wool producers in the world

27. The rearing of silkworm for production of silk

28. The process of bundling the jute stalks after harvesting

29. Fibres made from melted plastics by passing it through fine holes in a ________________

30. Leading producer of wool

31. Largest producer of jute products in the world

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is not a natural Fibre?

a. Jute b. Silk c. polyester d. Flax

2. Which among the following fibre traps most of the air?

a. Nylon b. wool c. Silk d. Cotton

3. ____________ fibre is obtained from the stem of a plant

a. cotton b. wool c. Jute d. Silk

4. Silk is obtained from which stage of life cycle of silkworm?

c b. cocoon c. larva d. Caterpillar

5. Jute grows well in

a. Hot climate b. cold climate c. Warm & Humid d. none of these

6. Fabric obtained from flax plant is

c b. linen c. Nylon d. cotton

7. Which part of the cotton plant is used get cotton fibres?

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a. Leaves b. Stem c. Flower d. Fruit

8. Cotton grows best in

a. Sandy Soil b. Loamy soil c. Black Soil d. none of these

9. Early men used to cover their body by

a. Bark and leaves b. animal skin c. Flax and Cotton d. Both (a) and (b)

10. Which of the following fibre(s) is/are obtained from fleece of certain animals?

a. Wool and Jute b. silk and wool c. cotton d. wool

11. The thin strands of yarn we see are made up of still thinner strands called __________

a. fibres b. threads c. hair d. Stalks

12. The process grinning refers to

a. picking of cotton by hands from cotton bolls b. separation of cotton yarn from fabrics

c. separation of cotton fibres from seeds d. making yarn from fabrics

13. Which out of the following is not a property f jute?

a. Strength b. Biodegradability c. Durability d. smoothness

14. Coir is obtained from

a. bolls of cotton b. stalk of coconut plant c. Husk of coconut fruit d. stem of jute

15. Jute fibre is used to make

a. comfortable wind apparel b. strong packing material

c. car tire cords and fishnets d. Durable garments for kids

16. Select the option that contains products obtained from coconut fibre only

a. sportswear/Under garments b. Rain coats, gum boots

c. Mattress, Brushes d. sarees, T-shirts

17. Machines used to separate cotton fibres from seeds is called

a. gin b. loom c. Clippers d. bales

18. Fibre obtained from coconut

a. coir b. jute c. flax d. nylon

19. The correct sequence to get cloth is:

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a. Fibre  Fabric  Yarm b. Fibre  yarn  fabic

c. Fabric  yarn  fibre d. yarn  fibre  fabric

MATCH THE FOLLOWING

I. Column A Column B
1. Ginning a. Process of making fabric from yarns.

2. Spinning b. Process by which fleece is removed from the animals

3. Weaving c. Process of making fabric from single yarn

4. Shearing d. Cotton fibres are separated from the seeds

5. Sericulture e. Retting is process by which jute fibre is extracted from stem

6. Retting f. Process of making yarn from fibres.

7. Knitting g. Rearing of silk worm to produce silk

II. Column A Column B

1. Coir a. fleece of animal

2. Jute b. coconut husk

3. wool c. Stem of flax plant

4. cotton d. Stem of Jute plant

5. Silk e. from cotton boll

6. Flax f. cocoon of silkworm

STATE WHETHER TRUE OR FALSE. CORRECT THE FALSE STATEMENT

1. Yarns are made from fibres

2. Outer covering of coconut is know as flax

3. Cotton is obtained from the stem of cotton plant

4. Charkha is used for spinning

5. PVC is a synthetic Fibre

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6. Cotton is a synthetic Fibre as it can be produced artificially

7. Fibres are made of yarns and yarns are made of fabrics

8. Knitting is a method of converting yarn to fabrics.

9. Clothes made from natural fibres do not wrinkled easily

10. Flax is obtained from the seed of the flax plant

11. Jute is a rainy season crop and grows well in warm nad humid climate

12. Jute fibre is very smooth and is obtained from the fruit of jute plant

13. Silkworm lives in the leaves of mulberry tree

14. Wool is an animal fibre and is good absrbent of heat

15. Man-made fibres are nylon, polyester and acrylic

16. The rearing of silkworm is called sericulture

17. During spinning, yarns from a mass of cotton wool are drawn out and twisted to form fabric.

18. Cotton fibres are obtained from the fruits of cotton plant

19. Cotton fibres can be separated from the seeds by hand only and not by any machine.

20. Soaking of jute stems in water softens the tissues amd allows easy separation of fibres.

21. Retting removes the sticky substance present in the jute fibre

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22. The process of aranging two sets of yarns together is called knitting

23. Cotton requires alluvial soil and heavy rainfall

24. Jute is an environmentally friendly fibre

CIRCLE THE ODD ONE OUT. GIVE REASON FOR YOUR CHOICE
1. Cotton, Jute, Silk, Coir

2. Ginning, Weaving, Combing, Shearing

3. Yarn, Fibre, Charkha, Fabric

4. Polyester, Terylene, Linen, Nylon

5. Jute, Nylon, Wool, Silk

6. Cotton, Jute, Coir, Wool

COMPLETE THE ANALOGY

1. Knitting : __________________ :: Ginning : cotton

2. Cotton : Fuit :: juite : ____________________

3. Plant Fibre : Flax :: __________________ : Silk

4. sheep : Wool :: __________________ : silk

5. Cotton : Breathable :: _________________ : Not Breathable

GIVE DEFINITION
1. Weaving

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2. Retting

3. Sericulture

4. Synthetic Fibre

5. Shearing

6. looms

7. Spinneret

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8. Ginning

9. Yarn

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

1. What is fibre? Classify fibres on the basis of their origin?

2. Why do we wear clothes?

3. How did people cover their bodies before invention of clothes?

4. Why did people drape fabrics around their bosies? How did stitching came into existance?

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5. What type of conditions are required to cultivate jute crop?

6. What are natural fibres?

7. How is cotton obtained from cotton bolls?

8. How is yarn made from fibres?

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9. What are the uses of jute?

10. What are the characteristics of synthetic fibre make it useful?

11. What kind of climate and soil does cotton require to get maximum yield?

12. What kind of climate and soil does jute require to get maximum yield?

13. What are the advantages cotton clothes have over synthetic clothes?

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14. How silk obtained?

15. Briefly describe coir? What are its uses?

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Briefly explain each step in the process of making cotton cloth from cotton bolls?

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2. Explain the process of making woollen clothes?

3. How is jute made from jute plant?

4. What are fibres? What are the different type of fibres? Briefly explain with the help of suitable
examples?

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5. Complete the below given table

Properties of Natural Fibre Properties of Synthetic Fibre

6. List down the uses of the following fibres?

Cotton

Jute

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Coir

Wool

HIGH ORDER THINKING QUESTIONS HOTS

1. Wearing many layers of cotton clothes will keep you as warm in winter as wearing a thick
woollen sweater. Why?

2. Burning of cotton fabic poduces a smell similar to that of burning paper. Burning a wool fibre
smells like burninh hair. Explain the reason behind the two observations.

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3. A news item: Silk has under fire from animal right activities. why?

4. Why spinneret used to make nylon but is not needed to make cotton or wool fabrics?

5. A food chain consists of several organisms. Suppose one of the organism’s count increased
beyond control. What effect can have on the other organisms in the food chain?

6. Draw a flow chart to show the process of cotton fabric formation?

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7. Draw a flow chart to show the process of cotton fabric formation?

8. Draw a flow chart to show the process of wollen cloth formation?

WRITE TWO EXAMPLES

1. Plant Fibre

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2. Animal Fibre

3. Synthetic Fibre

GIVE REASON
1. We wear cotton clothes during summer

2. Coir is used to make matresses

3. Jute is used as packing material

4. Wollen clothes are good for wearing in cold winter

5. Retting is dne toobtain fibre from jute plant

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6. Jute grows best in Sunderbans delta in India

7. Jute is considered as the second most important natural fibre

8. Denim can be comfortably worn during summer

9. Linen is a natural fibre

10. Coir cannot be used to make clothes

11. Synthetic fibre clothes are not comfortable to wear

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12. We get the smell of hair burn when we burn wool

13. In most part of India pure nylon or polyester clothes are not worn.

14. People living in different regions wear different types of cloth.

15. Wick of candle or diya made of cotton.

DIFFERENTIATE
1. Yarn and Fibre

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2. Linen and Wool

3. Coir and Terylene

4. Natural Fibre and Synthetic Fibre

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5. Natural Fibre and Synthetic Fibre

6. Ginning and Retting

7. spinning and weaving

8. Sericulture and Shearing

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SOLVE THE CROSSWORD

ACROSS DOWN

1. Device used for spinning cotton 2. The part of coconut from which coir fibre is
made
6. Rearing of silkworm
3. Making fabric by using single set of yarn
9. Arranging two sets of yarn together
4. A synthetic fibre
11.Silk is obtained from this stage of silkworm
5. Part of the jute plant from which Jute fibre is
12. Process of separation of cotton fibres from
obtained
seeds
7. Yarn is woven to get fabric

8. Cotton fibre left after the removal of seeds

10. Yarn is made up of

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