DAV SCHOOL, PALLIKARANAI
CLASS – 6 (MOTION AND MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES)
SCIENCE WORKSHEET
1.The measuring device used to measure
i) Size of your chest _____________
ii) Your height _________________
2.Arrange the following lengths in their increasing magnitude.
0.5 meter, 7 centimeters, 2 kilometers, 1000 millimeters.
3.A piece of ribbon folded five times is placed along a 30cm long measuring scale as shown
in figure.
The length of the ribbon is between
1.15 m – 1.25 m b) 1.50 m – 1.60 m
1.25 m – 1.35 m d) 1.60 m - 1.70 m
4. Select the odd one out
a. Motion of moon around the earth
b. Motion of stone tied to a thread and whirling around
c. Motion of the person sitting on merry go round
d. Motion of a man walking on the straight road
5. Which of the following was not used by ancient person for the measurement of length?
(a) Foot
(b) Metre scale
(c) Cubit
(d) Handspan
6. Fill in the blanks.
i) Motion of an object or a part of it around a fixed point is known as ________ motion.
ii) A body repeating its motion after certain interval of time is in _________ motion.
iii) In rectilinear motion, objects move __________ a _________ line.
iv) SI unit of length is__________.
7.Write one example for each of the following type of motion.
i) circular motion ii) Periodic motion iii) circular and periodic motion.
8. What body part do you and your friends use to measure the table?
9.Ramesh and Sahil are sitting in a moving car. Are they in state of motion or rest?
10.Can the length of the pipe be measured correctly with a ruler?
Explain your answer.
11. Identify the following non-standard units.
12. Match the following.
i)Meter - a) Periodic motion
ii)Circular motion -b) Length
iii)1 km -c) Linear motion
iv)Train on track -d) Hands of clock
v)pendulum of a wall clock -e)1000 m
13.John walks 5 km every day to school. How many meters does he walk to and from school
every day?
14.A rope is 1450 cm long. How many meters is the rope?
15. What precautions needs to be taken while measuring the length?
16.The question below consists of an assertion and a Reason. Use the following key to
choose the appropriate answer.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
i) Assertion (A): The objects which are move along a straight line are called rectilinear
motion.
Reason (R): The objects which are move in a circular form are called circular motion of
that object.
ii) Assertion (A): For measuring the length of an object choose a suitable device.
Reason(R): We can measure the length of a curved line directly by using a meter scale.
iii) Assertion (A): A branch of a tree moving to and fro motion of a child on a swing
strings of a guitar are the example of periodic motion.
Reason (R): The motion in which an object repeats it’s motion after sometimes known as
periodic motion
iv) Assertion (A): While measuring the length, the eye of the observer should be exactly
above that point of measurement to avoid the parallax error.
Reason(R): The scale used to measure the length of the object must be greater than the
length of the object.
17. HOTS questions.
Four children measured the length of a table which was about 2 m. Each of them used
different ways to measure it.
i. Sam measured it with a half meter long thread.
ii. Gurmeet measured it with a 15 cm scale.
iii. Reena measured it using her handspan.
iv. Salim measured it using a 5 m long measuring tape.
1. Which one of them would get the most accurate length? Give reason for your answer.
2.How are the motions of a wheel of a moving bicycle and a mark on the blade of a moving
electric fan different? Explain.
3.While travelling in a train, it appears that the trees near the track are moving whereas
co-passengers appear to be stationary. Explain the reason.
4.What type of motion do the following objects have?
(a) the galloping of a horse
(b) the needle of a sewing machine
(c) the blades of an electric fan
(d) wheels of moving car.
5.A thread is 2 m long. Express its length in cm and mm.
18. Case based questions.
Observe a tailor working on a sewing machine. The sewing machine remains at the same
location while its wheel moves with a circular motion. It also has a needle that moves up and
down continuously, as long as wheel rotates.
1. Select the one that remains at rest when you were making the above observation.
(a) Tailor
(b) Sewing machine
(c) Both tailor and sewing machine
(d) None of the above is correct
2. In this observation the circular motion was observed in
(a) Wheel of machine
(b) Needle of machine
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above is correct
3. The up and down motion of the needle of sewing machine can be classified as
(a) rotatory motion
(b) circular motion
(c) periodic motion
(d) None of these
4.What type of motion is involved in moving the fabric forward under the needle?
