Notes 3. Fibre to fabric - page 2 | Class 6 Science - Toppers Study

     Lesson-3 Fiber to fabric

                 Notes 

1. Fabric: Fabric is made from yarns using clothing material like cotton, silk, wool and polyester.

2. Spinning: The process of making yarn from fabric is called spinning.

3. Yarns: Yarns are made up of fabric.

4. Cocoon of silkworm: Silk fiber is drawn from the cocoon of silkworm.

6. Warm climate: Cotton plants are usually grown at places having black soil and warm climate.

7. Cotton bolls: Cotton from cotton bolls is usually picked by hand.

8. Ginning of cotton: Fabric is separated from the seeds by combing. This process is called ginning of cotton.

9. Takli:  A simple device used for spinning is a hand spindle, also called takli.

11. Weaving: The process of arranging two set of yarns together to make a fabric is called weaving. 

12. Knitting:  Knitting is done by hand and also on machines.

13. Variety of clothing: Fabric are used for a variety of clothing items.

14. Fabric: The thin strands of thread that we see are made up of still thinner strands called fabric.

15. Types of fabric: there are two types of fabric.

(I) Natural fabric like cotton, silk, wool and etc.

(ii) Synthetic fabric, like nylon, polyester, rayon etc.

16. Natural fabric: Which are obtained from natural source like plants and animals are called as natural fabric.

17.  Synthetic fabric: some fabric is made from chemical like polyester, rayon and nylon. There are called synthetic fabric.

18.  Fabric obtained from plants: cotton and is jute Fabric obtained from plants.

19.  Fabric obtained from animals: Silk and wool are Fabric obtained from animals.

20.  Spinning of yarns: Takli and charkha is pinning of yarns.

21.  Weaving of cloths: Looms weaving of cloths.

22.  Kinds of looms: There are two kinds of loom used.

 (I) Hand operated

(II) Power operated.    

23.  Fabric is made: fabric is made from Weaving and knitting.  

24.  used of fabric: Fabric is used for making a variety of clothing items.