NSO,NSTSE 2023 – Class 7 NOT TO BE REDISTRIBUTED – FOR INTERNAL CIRCULATION ONLY

1. Nutrition in plants

Work Sheet 1

1. Select the incorrect statement out of the following (a) Leaves are the food
factories of plants.
(b) Water and minerals are absorbed by the roots from the soil and
transported to the leaves
(c) Raw materials required for photosynthesis are carbohydrates and oxygen
(d) Chlorophyll pigment of leaves helps to capture the energy of sunlight.
2. Carbohydrates are mainly made up of which of the following elements?
(a) Carbon and hydrogen only
(b) Oxygen and carbon only
(c) Carbon, oxygen and nitrogen
(d) Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen

3. Green plants synthesize their food in the form of

(a) Starch
(b) Glucose
(c) Proteins
(d) Cellulose

4. Photosynthesis converts
(a) solar energy to mechanical energy (b)
mechanical energy to solar energy
(c) solar energy to chemical energy
(d) chemical energy to solar energy

5. Which of the following organisms are capable of performing photosynthesis?

(a) Algae
(b) Green plants
(c) Insectivorous plants
(d) All of these

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6. Which of the following statements is correct regarding stomata?

(a) Stomata are tiny pores present on leaf surface
(b) They help in gaseous exchange during photosynthesis
(c) The opening and closing of stomata depend on guard cells
(d) All of these

7. The main function of leaf is

(a) to prepare food
(b) to support the plant
(c) to absorb water
(d) none of these

8. Green plants are called as autotrophs because

(a) they prepare their own food by photosynthesis
(b) they cannot prepare their own food
(c) they convert organic matter into simple soluble form
(d) they depend on bacteria to obtain nitrogen nutrition

9. The production of carbohydrates from CO2 and H2O in the presence of

chlorophyll using sunlight energy and releasing O2 is called ____________.
(a) Respiration
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Transpiration
(d) Oxidation

10. Which of the following organisms is not an autotroph?

(a) Pitcher plant
(b) Mango tree
(c) Alga
(d) Fungus

11. The essential gas required for the purpose of photosynthesis is

(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Oxygen
(c) Ammonia
(d) None of these

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12. A potted plant is kept in a dark place for 2 days. A leaf is plucked from this
plant and is tested for the presence of starch by carrying out iodine- test.
When I2 – solution is poured over the leaf, the leaf turns
(a) yellow – brown indicating the absence of starch
(b) blue – black indicating the presence of starch
(c) yellow – brown indicating the presence of starch
(d) blue – black indicating the absence of starch

13. Which of the following options contains autotrophic organisms only?

(a) Rose, Cuscuta, Hydrilla
(b) Nepenthes, Rafflesia, Hibiscus
(c) Bougainvillea, Rose, Hibiscus
(d) Cuscuta, pitcher plant, mistletoe

14. Which of the following options contains leguminous crops?

(a) Rice, wheat and maize
(b) Wheat, rice and peas
(c) Peas, beans and maize
(d) Peas, beans and gram

15. Water and minerals present in soil are absorbed by ___A___ and transported
to the ___B___ by vessels which run like pipes throughout the root, stem,
branches and leaves.
Select the correct option for A and B in the above paragraph.
A B
(a) roots leaves
(b) leaves roots
(c) leaves stem
(d) stem leaves

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