DAV BOYS SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHENNAI – 86

[2017 – 18]

DATE - SCIENCE MARKS - 50

VII STD PERIODIC TEST – I TIME –

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. QUESTION NUMBERS 1 AND 2 ARE 1M QUESTIONS.

2. QUESTION NUMBERS 3 TO 7 ARE 2M QUESTIONS.

3. QUESTION NUMBERS 8 TO 13 ARE 3M QUESTIONS.

4. QUESTION NUMBERS 14 TO 17 ARE 5M QUESTIONS.

5. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. DRAW DIAGRAM WHEREVER NECESSARY.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

1. Name the by-products of wastewater treatment.

2. Suggest two methods to maintain sanitation at public places.

3. How is humus formed? How is it important to the soil?

4. Give reason why-

a. Factory waste is neutralized before disposal to the water bodies.

b. Turmeric stain on white shirt turns red when it is washed with soap.

5. Give one similarity and one differences between the laboratory and clinical thermometer.

6. What is the role of liver and pancreas in digestion?

7. Draw labeled diagram of Stomata.

8. List down the various steps involved in getting clarified water from wastewater.

9. What are decomposers? Name any 2 of them and mention their role.

10. Write any 3 differences between acid and base.

11. Redraw the given diagram in your answer sheet and mark where the heat is transferred by
conduction, by convection and by radiation.

12. Which part of the digestive canal is involved in –

a. Complete digestion of food.

b. Formation of faeces.

c. Killing of bacteria.

d. Absorption of food.

e. Storing bile juice.

f. The first step of digestion.

13. Tabulate any 3 differences between a parasite and a saprotroph.

14. a. What are insectivorous plants? Why are they called as partial heterotroph?

b. Give any 2 suitable reasons for soil replenishment.

15. Explain the feeding and digestion in Amoeba along with a labeled diagram.

16. Give reason why –

a. Plastic and wood do not allow heat to pass through them easily.

b. Light colored clothes are preferred during summers.

c. Wearing more layers of clothing during winter keeps us warm than wearing just one thick
piece of clothing.

d. Clinical thermometer is not used in laboratories to measure the temperature of hot liquids.

e. Stainless steel pans are usually provided with copper bottoms.

17 a. Define the term neutralisation and mention their products.

b. Name the source from which litmus solution is obtained. What is the use of this solution?

c. Name an acid found in unripe mangoes and a base found in window cleaner.