You must be familiar with the following nursery rhymes
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1. You must be familiar with the following nursery rhymes:(1) 'Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool.'(1) "Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow.'Answer the following:(a) Which parts of the black sheep have wool?(b) What is meant by the white fleece of the lamb?2. The silkworm is (a) a caterpillar, (b) a larva. Choose the correct option.(1) a (11) b (11) both a and b (lv) neither a nor b.3Which of the following does not yield wool?(1) Yak (11) Camel (111) Goat (lv) Woolly dogWhat is meant by the following terms?(1) Rearing (11) Shearing (111) SericultureGiven below is a sequence of steps in the processingthe missing steps? Add them.wool. Which are5.Shearingsorting,6. Make sketches of the two stages in the life history of the silk moth whichare directly related to the production of silk.7. Out of the following, which are the two terms related to silk production?Sericulture, floriculture, moriculture, apiculture and silviculture.Hints: (1) Silk production involves cultivation of mulberry leaves andrearing silkworms.Scientific name of mulberry is Morus alba.8. Match the words of Column I with those given in Column II:Column 1Column II1.Scouring(a) Yields silk fibres2. Mulberry leaves(b) Wool yielding animal3.Yak(c) Food of silk worm4.Cocoon(d) Reeling(e) Cleaning sheared skinSCIENCE32