NARAYANA e-Techno Schools

Karnataka, India
Class :VIII
Sub: Physical
Sciences

SCHEME OF EVALUATION
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT -1

Exam Date:11.10.12
Max marks: 80
Time: 3.00 hrs

Section A
I. Answer the following questions in one sentence.

(4X1M=4M)

1.
2.
3. What are the physical properties of metals?
Scheme: a. per property:

mark

b. minimum 2 properties.
4. Describe the uses of coke.
Scheme: a. per use:

mark

b. minimum 2 uses.

II. Answer the following Questions

5.
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8.
9.

(9X2M=18M)

10. Describe how coal is formed from dead vegetation. What is this process
called?
Scheme: a. Brief note on Process:

1mark

b. process name:

1mark

11. Explain the process of formation of petroleum.

Scheme: a. Brief note on the process:

2 marks

12. What happens when dilute sulphuric acid is poured on a copper plate?
Scheme: a. Explanation:

1mark

b. Equation:

1mark

13. Explain why copper cannot displace zinc from its salt solution.
Scheme: a. Reason:

1mark

b. Equation:

1mark

III. Answer the following Questions

(9X3M=27M)

14.
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18. Why sodium and potassium are stored in kerosene.
Scheme: a. Explanation:

3marks

19. What are the advantages of using CNG and LPG as fuels?
Scheme: a. minimum three advantages
b. per advantage:

3marks
1mark

20. Define displacement reaction with an example.

Scheme: a. Definition:

1 mark.

b. Example:

1 mark.

21. Discuss about the chemical properties of metals.

Scheme: a. Reaction with oxygen:

1mark

b. Reaction with water :

1mark

c. Reaction with acids& bases:

1mark

22. Explain why fossils fuels are exhaustible natural resources.

Scheme: a. Reason:

2marks

b. Example for fossil fuels:

1mark

IV. Answer the following Questions

(3X5M=15M)

23.
24.
25. Write a note on the uses of metals and non metals.
Scheme: a. Two uses of metals:

2marks.

b. Two uses of non metals:

2marks.

c. One example for each:

1mark.

Section B
V. Multiple choice questions.

(16X1M=16M)

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34. Fossils fuels are
(a)Coal

(b) Petrol

(c) Natural Gas

(d) All the above

35. Least polluting fuel for vehicles is

(a)Tar

(b) Kerosene

(c) CNG

(d)Crude Oil

36. Most purest form of carbon is

(a)Coke

(b) Tar

(c) Petrol

(d) Kerosene

37. Metals react with acids to produce

(a)N2

(b) CO2

(c) H2

(d)Cl2

38. Which of the following can be beaten into thin sheets?

(a)Phosphorous

(b) Zinc

(c) Sulphur

(d) Oxygen

39. Metals are

(a)Ductile

(b) Malleable

(c) Amphoteric

40. Metallic oxides are _________ in nature.

(d)Both 1 & 2

(a)Acidic

(b) Basic

(c) Amphoteric

(d)All

41. Which of the following metal is used in Thermometers?

(a)Gold

(b)Mercury

(c)Aluminium

(d)Copper