Lahore Grammar School Gulberg

42 B/III - Gulberg, Lahore

Half - Yearly Examination – 2021

Candidate Name: Class /Section: 7/

Science Total Marks: /50

Paper 1 Total Time: 60 minutes

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The number of marks is written at the end of each question.

Total number of marks for this paper: 50

This document consists of 9 assessment sheets and 1 cover page.

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Q1: The diagram below shows an experiment on photosynthesis. The leaf is still attached to the
plant which has been kept in a dark cupboard for two days. Before the experiment, the plant is placed
under sunlight for two hours.

Parts of Description
the leaf
P, S Green
Q, T Pale
R Part covered by
tinfoil

a) Which part of the leaf would turn blue black on iodine test? /1
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b) Why should we put the plant in dark cupboard before the experiment? /1
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c) What is the use of tinfoil in the experiment?

/1
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Q 2: Tick  the correct answer. /5

1. Which of the following is NOT needed for photosynthesis?

o oxygen
o chlorophyll
o carbon dioxide
o water

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 2. Which of the following are called food factories of the plant?
o roots
o stems
o leaves
o flowers
3. To survive all plants need
o roots, leaves and stems
o chlorophyll, water and air
o light, air, water and nutrients
o any of these
4. The tiny pores present on the leaves of the plants are called /3
o cells
o rains
o chlorophyll
o stomata

5. A plant was kept in a dark room for a week. When its leaves are tested with iodine solution, it
did not show the presence of starch. From this experiment we can conclude that
______________ is required for photosynthesis.

o sunlight
o starch
o iodine
o darkness

Q 3: Complete the introductory sentences below with words provided in word box. (some words
will be left over).

small insoluble digestion small intestine blood stream Q 4:

Nerves egestion large enzymes Sara

got her
gall
bladder
The process of ____________________is the breakdown of food into _______________
remove
substances, and the passage into the __________________________. The food molecules are d

too _______________ to pass through the walls of the ______________________ and need to surgica
lly as
be broken down by special chemicals called _________________________.
she
was
diagno
sed

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with stones in her gall bladder. After the surgery, she faced problems in the digestion of certain food
items when consumed in bulk. Can you tell which kind of food items would they be and why?

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Q 5: Draw a line showing which part of the digestive system performs this function.

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The food is chewed and mixed

with saliva.

The food moves to the food pipe.

It produces hydrochloric acid and

protein digesting enzyme called
pepsin
Bile is made in it. It contains
chemicals that help breakdown fat into
small droplets so that fat digesting
enzymes can work more easily.

The digestion of carbohydrates and

proteins is completed here

Nutrients gets absorbed

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Q6: The chart below compares the diet of people in country A and country B.

a) What is the percentage of fat in the diet of people in country A?

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b) What is the total percentage of carbohydrate in the diet of people in country B? /1

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c) What is the major use of protein in the body?

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d) How high fat consumption will affect the people of country A? /1

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Q 7: Last night, Ali ate mutton kababs. Now he is feeling pain in his stomach. It feels like the kababs
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didn’t get digested. Which enzyme his stomach didn’t produce well to digest the proteins present in

meat?

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Q8: The table is from a packet of biscuits.

UK guidelines daily amount

Average Per 100 g Per biscuit Children

values Adults 5-10 years
Energy 1974 kJ 446 kJ 8500 kJ 7500 kJ

Protein 7.1 g 1.1 g 45 g 24 g

Carbohydrates 62.8 g 9.3 g 230 g 220 g

Fat 21.3 g 3.2 g 70 g 70 g

Sodium 3.6 g 0.5 g 2.4 g 1.4 g

One day a 10 years old child ate a whole packet of the biscuits.

The biscuits in the pack had a mass of 400 g.

a) How many grams of carbohydrate did the child eat?

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b) The amount of carbohydrate you calculated in part a was more than the UK guideline daily /2

amount for the child. How much more?

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a) Give a possible health effect on the child of eating so many biscuits every day. /2

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Q9: Aisha is going for a bike ride. Below is a distance-time graph that describes her full journey. /2

a) How long was she stationary for? ____________________________

b) What was the total distance travelled during her journey? __________________________

Q10: a) Elements are found in a periodic table. The elements can be shown by symbols. Complete
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the following table.

Elements Symbols
Hydrogen

Sodium
K

Mg
Carbon

Calcium
Fe

Silver

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 b) A compound is when two or more elements join together. Compounds can be shown as a /3
formula. Fill in the table below.

Compound Formula What elements are found in the compound?

Zinc oxide ZnO

NaCl Sodium, Chlorine

Carbon dioxide CO2

Copper sulphate Copper, sulphur, oxygen

Potassium nitrate KNO3

MgO Magnesium, Oxygen

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Q11: A diet containing all essential nutrients is necessary for a healthy life.

a) Draw a line between the diet and the health issues.

Diet Health issues

Too little fibre constipation

Too little vitamin D beri beri

Too little vitamin B rickets

Too little vitamin C anaemia

Too little iron poor growth

Too little protein scurvy

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Q12: Rajiv and Jamila investigate photosynthesis. They set up their apparatus as shown.

They want to find out how changing the distance of the lamp from the water plant affects the rate of /2
photosynthesis.

a) Write down two variables that they measure.

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b) Rajiv and Jamila do their experiment. Here are their results.

Describe the pattern shown by the results.

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Q13: Gabriella makes a sound. She looks at the trace it makes on an oscilloscope.

Complete the sentences.

Choose from the following letters. /4

B C D E

The sound with a higher pitch than A is _____________________.

The sound with a larger volume (louder) than A is __________________.

The sound with a smaller frequency than A is ____________________.

The sound with a smaller amplitude than A is ____________________.

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