Class 6 Science Chapter 10 Motion and Measurement of Distances Worksheet

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Class 6 Science Motion and Measurement of Distances Worksheets with Answers Chapter 10 – PDF

1. Fill in the blanks:

i. Measurement is the comparison of an unknown quantity with some _______ quantity.
Answer: fixed

ii. 1 km = _____ m.
Answer: 1000

iii. Standard unit of length is ______.
Answer: metre

iv. The length of a curved line can be measured using a _______.
Answer: thread

v. ________ is the distance between two points or ends of an object.
Answer: Length

vi. _______ means the change in position of an object with time.
Answer: Motion

2. True/False:

i. The choice of device used for the measurement depends on the type of measurement to be made. 
Answer: True

ii. Our senses are reliable for accurate measurement. 
Answer: False

iii. 1m = 100cm. 
Answer: True

iv. 5 km = 5000 cm.
Answer: False

v. Motion of a child on a swing is periodic motion. 
Answer: True

vi. Motion of a wheel of a cycle is random motion. 
Answer: False

3. Which measuring device can be used to measure the girth of a tree?
Answer: Measuring tape

4. Write the type of motion in which a body moves along a straight path.
Answer: Rectilinear or linear motion

5. Which unit of length is used to measure a large distance?
Answer: Kilometre

6. Write one example of circular motion.
Answer: Motion of hands of a clock

7. Write one example of rectilinear motion.
Answer: Motion of an apple falling from a tree

8. Write one example of periodic motion.
Answer: A bouncing ball

9. Name the type of motion in which a body moves along a curved path.
Answer: Circular or Rotational motion

10. Name the type of motion in which motion repeats after equal time interval.
Answer: Periodic motion.

11. The distance between Ria’s house and temple is 1340 m. Express this distance in kilometre.

Answer: We know that,1 km = 1000 m
∴ 1340 m =1340/1000 = 1.340 km

12. Find the length of square in mm.

Answer: Each side = 5 × 10 = 50 mm (All sides of square are equal)

13. Define ‘unit’.
Answer: The fixed quantity with which we compare an unknown quantity is called unit.

14. When object is said to be in rest?
Answer: If the position of an object does not change with time, it is said to be at rest.

15. What do you understand by ‘measurement’?
Answer: Measurement means the comparison of some unknown quantity with a known fixed quantity of same kind.

16. What is the common in between hand span, pace, ankle and fist?
Answer: All of these are non-standard units of measurement that changes from person to person.

17. When object is said to be in motion?
Answer: When an object changes its position with time with respect to another object, it is said to be in motion.

18. Why is the hand span not considered as a reliable unit for measuring the length?
Answer: Hand span is not considered as a reliable unit for measuring the length because length of hand span varies from person to person.

19. What do you understand by standard unit of measurement?
Answer: The unit which is acceptable to the majority of people as a basic unit of measurement is called standard unit of measurement.