# NCERT Class 6 Science Chapter 6 Materials Around Us Solutions: In-Text and Exercise Questions Explained | SwaVid

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# Materials Around Us

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Chapter 6 · Class 6 Science

This document provides the questions and step-by-step solutions for Chapter 6, "Materials Around Us," from the new rationalised NCERT Class 6 Science textbook, "Curiosity." The questions include both in-text activities and end-of-chapter exercises, designed to help students understand the properties and classification of various materials.

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Answer: A better sorting method for edibles in the kitchen would be to group items based on their type. For instance, all pulses (moong dal, chana dal) should be kept together, cereals (rice, wheat flour) in another group, spices (chilli powder, salt, turmeric) together, cooking oils and ghee separately, and jams and squashes together. This systematic grouping helps in easy identification and access.

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- Observe the different types of edibles in your kitchen, such as pulses, cereals, spices, oils, and jams.
- Think about how they are currently stored and if there's a more logical way to group them based on their type or use.
- A better sorting method would be to group similar items together. For example:
- Group all pulses (like moong dal, chana dal, urad dal, arhar dal) in one section.
- Group all cereals (like rice, dalia, wheat flour, maize flour) in another section.
- Group all spices (like red chilli powder, salt, clove, black pepper, ajwain, cumin, coriander seeds, turmeric powder, garam masala) together.
- Group all cooking oils and ghee (like mustard oil, soybean oil, olive oil, cow ghee) in a separate area.
- Group jams and squashes together.
- This method makes it easier to find items and keeps the kitchen organised.
- NCERT Class 6 Science textbook: Curiosity : Chapter 6: Materials Around Us

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