DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL, CUTTACK

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (2017-18)

STD:VI TIME:3HRS
SUB: G.Sc MARK: 80

A. Tick the correct option [1x6=6]

1. The group of organisms which use light for making food are called?

Autotrophs Decomposers

Heterotrophs Scavengers

2. Which among is the richest source of vitamin C?

Milk Amla

Wheat Eggs

3. A farm machine used for both harvesting and threshing.

Winnow basket Centrifuge

Combine Sieve

4. In which of the following changes energy is released?

Melting of ice Burning of candle

Boiling of water Moving of a cricket ball

5. All living organisms have

Bones Feathers

Cells Stems

6. The image formed by a pinhole camera is

Erect and diminished Inverted and enlarged

Inverted and diminished Erect and enlarged

B. Give one-word answer [1x9=9]

1. Name the vitamin which helps in clotting of blood?
2. Name a material which floats on water?
3. Name the method used by jewellers to separate pearls of different sizes?
4. Give one example of an irreversible biological change that takes place in nature?
 5. Name the metal which gets rusted?
6. Name the microorganism which has the characteristics of both the living and
non-living things?
7. Name one nonflowering plant?
8. Name the property of interchange of left and right between an object and its
image in a plane mirror?
9. It is the form of energy that helps us to see objects.

C. Answer the following question [2x8=16]

1. Why is rain water harvesting a “ray of hope” for overcoming the present scarcity
of water in cities?
2. Why do solids not diffuse with each other?
3. Distinguish between fast and slow change?
4. Write any two uses of animals and in our daily life?
5. Classify the materials as transparent, translucent or opaque?
 Aluminium sheet
 Glass
6. Write two characteristics of shadow?
7. Name any four methods used for separating solid-solid mixture?
8. What do you mean by invertebrates? Give two examples?

D. Answer the following [3X8=24]

1. Why do you need proteins? Name the richest source of protein?
2. Pablo was having difficulty in seeing in dim light. The doctor tested his eye sight
and prescribed a particular vitamin supplement. He also advised him to include a
few food items in his diet.
I. Which deficiency disease is he suffering from?
II. Which vitamin may be lacking in his diet?
III. Suggest two food items that he should include in his diet.
3. Why do shopkeepers often sprinkle water around their shops if the area is not
cemented?
4. Differentiate between a pure substance and a mixture. Give an example of each?
5. i. What is rust? How is it formed?
ii. Give an example of irreversible change?
6. Write three important characteristics of living being?
7. Write three essential things needed for the formation of shadow?

8. Avi went to a village to attend a marriage party. He was very much upset when he
observed that there was no cleanliness in and around many houses. He used a
gentle, polite and slow approach to make the villagers realise the importance of
keeping their surroundings neat and clean. He was happy to find the village much
cleaner by the time he left. While leaving he told her cousin that his success was
 similar to that of blue ink drops which slowly make the water in a bowl uniformly
light blue when they are dropped in it.
i. State two values displayed by Avi.
ii. Name the process through which blue ink drops make the water
uniformly blue.

E. Answer the following [5X5=25]

1. Suggest any five activities that can help to save the environment?
2. Draw a neat and wall labeled diagram of filtration method.
3. Write the difference between biennial and perennial plant with an example of
each?
4. a. What do you mean by solar eclipse? When does it occur?
b. Name two natural sources of light?
5. Why is formation of curd an irreversible as well as a chemical change?