Science Question Paper

Lesson-5-Acid, Bases and Salts

(A) Choose the correct option for each of the following.
1. Which of the following is not an organic acid?
2. Identify the characteristic that belongs to an acid.
3. Blue litmus paper dipped in an unknown solution remains
blue because it is
4. A salt is formed when
5. Identify the statement that is not correct.
(B) Fill in the blanks using the correct words.
1. The acid that is released when an ant sting is
_________________.
2. Nitric acid is an example of ______________.
3. Potassium hydroxide is an example of ______________.
4. Slaked lime is another name for _____________.
(C) State whether the following statements are True (T)
or False (F).
1. Salts formed during neutralization are always neutral in
nature.
2. Acids are highly corrosive in nature.
3. Ammonium hydroxide is present in most cleaning agents.
4. Phenolphthalein solution has no effect on acids.
5. The pH value of 7 indicates a substance is neutral.
(D) Answer the following in one word each.
1. Substances that cause orange, curd and tamarind to have
a sour taste
2. Substances that cause soaps to have a slippery feel and
bitter taste
3. Substances that are neither acidic or basic
4. The common name of calcium carbonate
5. Substances produced as a result of neutralization between
acids and bases
 Lesson-9-Respiration in Organisms
(A) Choose the correct option for each of the following.
1. In earthworms, the exchange of gases takes place through
2. Anaerobic respiration produces
3. Anaerobic respiration in human beings takes place during
4. Muscle cramps occur due to
5. Respiration through the skin is called
6. Which of the following statements is not true?
(B) Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
1. The breakdown of food in cells using oxygen with the
release of energy is called ________________ respiration.
2. _________________ turns lime water milk.
3. Gaseous exchange in insects takes place through
_______________.
4. The exchange of gases in the leaves of plants takes place
through ________________.
5. The dome-shaped muscular sheet called _____________
forms the base of the chest cavity.
(C) State whether the following statements are True (T)
or False (F)
1. When at rest or floating on water, frogs undergo buccal
respiration
2. Every alveolus is surrounded by tiny blood vessels called
capillaries.
3. During inhalation, the volume of the chest cavity
increases.
4. The white blood cells contain a pigment called
haemoglobin.
5. Anaerobic respiration takes place in organisms like yeast.
 Lesson-10-Transportation of Substances
(A) Choose the correct option for each of the following.
1. Which of these structures help in preventing the blood
from flowing back?
2. The structure that transport water and minerals in
plants.
3. The blood carried by the pulmonary artery is
4. Which of the blood cells destroy the germs that enter our
body?
5. Which of the following is not a waste material excreted by
plants?
(B) Fill in the blanks using the correct options.
1. The ____________ receives oxygenated blood from the left
ventricle.
2. The tissue that transports food in plants is the
________________.
3. The contraction and relaxation of the heart is called the
___________________.
4. The lower chambers of the heart are called the
___________________________.
5. The loss of water from the stomata is called
__________________________.
(C) State whether the following statements are True (T)
or False (F).
1. All the living organisms have the same kind of
transportation system.
2. Transportation of substances in plants occurs through
blood.
3. The force created by transpiration in plants pulls the
groundwater up to greater heights.
4. The veins have thicker walls than the arteries.
5. Nephrons are the function units of the heart.
(D) Name the following.
1. The red-coloured fluid medium that transports substances
in our body
2. The process by which food is transported in plants by
phloem tissues
3. The organ that filters waste from urine
4. The process in which blood is passed through an artificial
kidney machine to remove waste products.
5. The upper left and right chambers of the heart.
Lesson- 11-Reproduction in plants
(A) Choose the correct option for each of the following.
1. Mari placed a leaf of Bryophyllum plan on moist sand.
Several weeks later, she observed small leaflets growing from
the leaf. This type of reproduction is called
2. Which of the following best describes sexual
reproduction?
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of insect-
pollinated flowers?
4. Which of these is true about seed dispersal?
5. Which of the following statement is true?
(B) Fill in the blanks with using the correct words.
1. Asexual reproduction does not take place by
__________________.
2. During pollination, when the pollen grains are transferred
from the flower of a plant to another flower of the same
plant, we call it ________________________.
3. If a new plant has to grow from an underground stem, the
type of reproduction is called _______________ reproduction.
4. The process of vegetative propagation where the stem of a
herb or a shrub is cut and planted in the ground is called
____________________.
5. When the pollen is transferred to the stigma of the same
flower or the stigma of a different flower in the same plant, it
is called ___________________.

(C) State whether the following statements are True (T)

or Fales (F)
1. The ‘eyes’ in potatoes help in vegetative propagation.
2. Stolons are lateral slender branches that arise from the
base of the stem.
3. Fertilization and pollination always take place at the same
time.
4. Stock and scion are used for layering.
5. In broyphyllum, leave produce buds that grow into new
plants.
(D) Name any two plants that undergrow the following.
1. Asexual reproduction ______________________
_____________________
2. Vegetative propagation from stem __________________
__________________
3. Grafting __________________ ____________________
4. Sexual reproduction __________________
____________________
5. Dispersal of seeds by wind __________________
_______________

Lesson-14-Wind and Storm

(A) Choose the correct option for each of the following.
1. When air on the Earth is heated by the sun, it
2. The instrument used to measure the wind speed is called
3. A dark funnel-shaped cloud that extends from the sky to
the ground is called a
4. Select the correct statement about winds.
5. The center of a cyclone is called its
(B) Fill in the blanks using the correct words.
1. Air exerts ______________ in all direction.
2. The intensity of a tornado is measured in _______________
scale.

3. A _________________ is a low-pressure area surrounded by a

high-pressure region of swirling air.
4. Wind direction is found using a __________________.
5. Winds are generated to the ______________________ on the
surface of the Earth.
(C) State whether the following statements are True (T)
or False (F).
1. Wind is a flow of air from a high-pressure region to a low-
pressure region of the atmosphere.
2. Air taken in a container exerts pressure on the walls of the
container.
3. During a thunderstorm, it is safe to stay in an open place.
4. The eye of a cyclone is the most turbulent area.
5. Warm air in the atmosphere sinks down.
(D) Answer each of the following in one word.
1. What is the pressure exerted by air on other objects called?
2. What happens to air when it is heated?
3. Name the instrument used to measure the wind speed.
4. What is the climatic condition formed by lightning and
thunder mostly accompanied by rain called?
5. What is a low-pressure area surrounded by a high-pressure
region of swirling air called?
Lesson-5 / Revise and recall:
Match the following:
Column A Column B
Citric acid Potassium hydroxide
Nitric acid A weak base
Copper hydroxide A mineral acid
Potash Found in oranges
Lesson-9 / Revise and recall:
State whether the following statements are True (T) or False
(F).
1. Respiration is the process of taking in oxygen to get energy
without the breakdown of food.
2. The trachea in cockroaches carries the oxygen to different
parts of the body.
3. The buccal cavity in frogs is used for breathing when they
float on water.
4. Earthworms respire through gills.
5. Respiration through the lungs is known as cutaneous
respiration

Lesson-10 / Revise and recall:

Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
1. Blood contains a pale-yellow liquid called _______________.
2. Our heart beats ___________ times per minute.
3. The vein that collects blood rich in carbon dioxide from all
the parts of the body is the ________________.

Lesson-14 / Revise and recall:

Fill in the blanks using the correct words:
1. The envelope of air around the earth is called
________________.
2. The flow of air in the atmosphere of the earth is called
______________.
3. Moving air provides a ______________.
4. Air pressure ________________ as altitude increases.