Academic year: 2014-2015

Summative Assessment II
Name :
Grade : VIII A
Subject: Science
Marks : 90
Date : 07.03.2015
Duration: 2 hrs
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Section-A
1 Name any one fossil fuel.
2 Can you see an object in dark?
3 Name the processes essential for the survival of individuals.

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4 State law of reflection.

5 What is ignition temperature?
6 Define the term asexual reproduction.

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How will you take care of your eye from any problem?
Do all the stars in the sky are moving? Explain.
How does electric discharge occur in cloud?
How air pollution can be prevented.
Why Carbon monoxide is more dangerous than Carbon dioxide?
Write about the causes of global warming.
Write the factors which affect the height of a person.
How do hormones work?
What is ovum? Explain its structure.
What is gene? What is its function?
Give two differences between zygote and a foetus.
Make a sketch of the human nerve cell. Why are nerve cells long?

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What precautions we must follow during an earth quake?

What is Braille system? Explain.
Explain about the working of match stick.
(i) What is Potable water?
(ii) What are water pollutants?
(iii) Explain 3 methods water purification
23 What do you mean by reproduction? Explain various modes of reproduction.
24 What are endocrine glands? Write the names of hormones secreted by Thyroid, pancreas
and adrenals and mention their functions.

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Section-B
25 Which of the following is not a member of the solar system?
(a) An asteroid (b) A satellite
(c) A constellation

(d) A comet

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26 There are__________laws of reflection

(a) Two (b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
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27 The process of banding of seven colours is called:
(a) Dispersion (b) Spectrum
(c) Reflection
(d) Normal
28 Interaction of charges is called:
(a) Lightning
(b) Earthing
(c) Electric discharge
(d) Thundering
29 The fire extinguisher used fires on electrical equipment:
(a) CO
(b) CO2
(c) Water
(d) all of these
30 ____________ is called as cleaner fuel.
(a) LPG
(b) CNG
(c) BPG
(d) Methane
31 Which of these is a water borne disease?
(a) Swine Flu (b) Malaria
(c) Jaundice
(d) AIDS
32 The phenomenon in which acid rain corrodes the marble of some monuments is called:
(a) Erosion
(b) Corrosion
(c) Marble cancer
(d) none of these
33 Which instrument is used to see onion peel cells on the slide?
(a) Telescope
(b) Stethoscope
(c) Microscope
(d) Lens
34 Human body cells contain ______ pair of chromosomes.
(a) 23
(b) 22
(c) 24
(d) 21
35 Initially girls grow ________ than boys
(a) faster
(b) slower
(c) both of these
(d) none of these
36 The release of egg from the ovary is called
(a) Menarche
(b) Menstruation
(c) Ovulation
(d) pregnancy

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37 Value based question:

You are familiar with the fact that one of the worlds wonder, Tajmahal is now getting
discoloured because of air pollution and acid rain. Air pollution in Delhi is due to the usage of
fuels by more number of vehicles.
(i) What are the gases causing acid rain?
(ii) What measures will you take to minimize the air pollution?
(iii) Name any one less polluting fuel which can be used instead of petrol.
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...All the best...

Academic year: 2014-2015

Summative Assessment II
Name :
Grade : VII A
Subject: Science
Marks : 90
Date : 05.03.2015
Duration: 2 hrs
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Section-A
1 How does the light travel?
2 Write the formula for Rust.
3 Name the process by which parents produce new individuals.

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4 How can we reduce the wastage of Electricity?

5 Burning of paper is chemical change. Explain?
6 Name the various modes of asexual reproduction in plants.

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What are MCBs? How do they work?

How many types of images are there? Define each of them.
What do you mean by Lateral Inversion?
How to calculate the rate of percolation?
Write the difference between physical and chemical changes.
What are the various causes of water pollution?
What is dialysis?
Name the chambers of heart.
What is budding?
Explain the two types of reproduction.
Explain why there is no waste in a forest?
What is rain water harvesting?

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19 Write the difference between bar magnet and electro magnet.

20 What are spherical mirrors? Write its types and explain it.
21 What are the three types of soil? Explain.
22 What are the constituents of sewage?
23 What are the components of blood?
24 Draw and label water cycle.

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Section-B
25 White light is composed of
(a) Seven colours
(b) Five colours (c) Three colours (d) Only one colour
26 The image which can be obtained on a screen is called as
(a) Erect
(b) Real
(c) Virtual
(d) Inverted
27 Key or switch in circuit is placed at
(a) Left side of the battery
(b) Right side of the battery
(c) Anywhere in the circuit
(d) Near the positive terminal
28 A battery is a group of
(a)Only two terminals
(b) Two or more cells
(c) Single cell only
(d) All the above
29 If the soil contains very fine particles, it is called as
((a) Sandy soil
(b) loamy soil
(c) clayey soil
(d) none of these
30 ____________ is the liquid waste
(a) sewage
(b) solution
(c) factory waste
(d) water
31 Water scarcity is due to:
(a) population growth (b) pollution
(c) industrial development (d) all of these

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32 Removal of land surface by wind, water is known as:

(a) soil profile
(b) Soil fertility
(c) Soil erosion
(d) Soil pollution
33 In an adult the normal rate of heart beat is
(a) 82 tpm
(b) 72 tpm
(c) 62 tpm
(d) 52 tpm
34 The reproductive part of a plant is the
(a) leaf
(b) stem
(c) root
(d) flower
35 Which of the following is called producer?
(a) Man
(b) Domestic animals
(c) plants
(d) both man and animals
36 Water table refers to:
(a) Level of ground water
(b) Level of surface water
(c) level of sea water
(d) any of these depending on the location

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37 Value based question:

Rahul used to visit his grand parents village during every summer holidays. Recently he found
that the greenish village was being urbanised and industrialised. He also found that a lake in that
village became dry. Because of this the village people suffered from water scarcity. Rahul advised
the people to plant more trees and once again to make the village greenish.
(i) What may be the reasons for the scarcity of water in the village?
(ii) If you are Rahul, what actions you will take to rectify water scarcity?
(iii) What value do you learn from Rahul?
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...All the best...