Question

Steps for the production of silk are given below in a jumbled order. Arrange them in a proper sequence.
a) Eggs are warmed to a suitable temperature for the larvae to hatch from eggs.
b) Fibers are taken out from the cocoon.
c) After $25$ to $30$ days, the caterpillars stop eating and start spinning cocoons.
d) The larvae/caterpillars or silkworms are kept in clean trays along with freshly chopped mulberry leaves.
e) Female silk moths lay eggs.
f) Cocoons are kept under the sun or boiled in water.

Answer 1

Hint: Silk is obtained from silkworm and the process of production of silk is known as sericulture. Silk is extracted from silkworms at an early age before they grow into silk moths. Silkworms create cocoons as in the process of growing up and this cocoon is extracted and transformed into silk fibers.

Complete step-by-step answer:Firstly, we understand that silk is produced from the cocoons of silkworms. Hence the process of production of silk starts from eggs of silkworms so the female silk moth lays eggs.
These eggs are then warmed to a suitable temperature for them to warm. Once these eggs are hatched, the silkworms from these eggs are fed mulberry leaves for them to grow. After a certain amount of time, the silkworms stop eating the leaves and start building cocoons. Once these cocoons are fully built, they are kept in heat in order to kill the silkworms inside them and silk fibers are extracted from it.
Let us write the production of silk step-wise.
e) Female silk moths lay eggs.
a) Eggs are warmed to a suitable temperature for the larvae to hatch from eggs.
d) The larvae/caterpillars or silkworms are kept in clean trays along with freshly chopped mulberry leaves.
c) After $25$ to $30$ days, the caterpillars stop eating and start spinning cocoons.
f) Cocoons are kept under the sun or boiled in water.
b) Fibers are taken out from the cocoon.

Therefore the correct order of steps for the production of silk are e, a, d, c, f, b.

Note: It is to be noted that in the process of making silk, the eggs are kept in warm temperatures to hatch. The eggs then hatch to become caterpillars. These caterpillars build cocoons around them over a period of time. These cocoons are then processed to form silk.