Sunday, September 10, 2017

Science Worksheet Chapter11

Science Chapter 11

1. State whether the following statements are true or false.
(1) The measurement using a body part is accurate.
(2) The smaller the container, the lesser will be its capacity to hold liquids.
(3) In earlier times, people took the help of watches and clocks to measure time.
(4) Temperature is the measure of how hot or cold an object is.

2.  Answer the following questions.
(1)   Define cubit, handspan, footspan and arm length.
(2)   Why was there a need to have a standard unit for measuring length?
(3)   Which objects do we use to measure length?
(4)   What is mass?
(5)   What is the standard unit of mass? What are the other commonly used units of mass?
(6)   What do you understand by the term capacity?
(7)   Which objects are used to measure capacity?
(8)   How did people in earlier times measure time?
(9)   What is temperature? How is it measured?
(10) How is time measured?

3. Fill in the blanks.
(1)   The length between the tip of the thumb and the little finger is called
        ________________.

(2)   ________________, ___________________, __________________ and kilometre are
       the other units of length.

(3)  Mass of an object tells us how ________________ or ________________ that object is.
(4)   The commonly used unit for measuring _____________________ is litre.
(5)   A thermometer measures the temperature in degree ___________________ or
       ____________________

(6)   Temperature is measured in __________________ or ____________________. 
(7)   ________________ is the measure of how hot or cold an object is.
(8)   ________________ is the amount of liquid a container can hold.
(9)   In some countries _____________ is measured in pounds.
(10) 1 pound = approximately ________ kg.
(11) _____________, _______________, _______________ and ________________ are
       called non-standard units for measuring length.


4. Tick the correct answer.
(1) Which of these is the standard unit for measuring length?
     (a) Cubit                   (b) Kilogram              (c) Metre          (d) Handspan

(2) To measure the mass of an object, we use a
     (a) metre scale.        (b) thermometer .      (c) watch.         (d) beam balance.
(3) Milk, water and fruit juice are measured in
     (a) kilograms.           (b) metre.                  (c) litre.             (d) celcius.
(4) A thermometer measures the temperature in degree
     (a) gram or kilogram. (b) second or hour.    (c) metre or kilometre.
     (d) celcius or fahrenheit.

(5) The standard unit of time is
     (a) hour.                     (b) minute                 (c) metre          (d) second.
(6) The standard unit for measuring mass is
     (a) gram                     (b) kilogram               (c) pound         (d) metre.
(7) Which of the following things can be measured in kilogram and litre both
     (a) Oil                         (b) Ghee                    (c) Ice cream   (d) Sugar

5. Define the following.
(1) Handspan

6. Which of the following things can be measured easily? Tick or cross for yes & no
    respectively.

(1) Milk in a bottle (2) Sugar in a bowl (3) Air around you (4) Width of hair
(5) Water in a sea (6) Length of a notebook (7) Height of your table.

7. Complete the web chart.


8. Find out six words related to measurement in the given grid. The names may read
    forward, backward and across.



9. Draw a neat labelled diagram of a Beam balance and a measuring beaker.

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