Mid Term Exam — 2017-2018 Class — VII ‘Subject— SCIENCE Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 70 General instructions: All the questions are compulsory SECTION — (x9=9) Reena found growth of some green patches on a piece of bread, that were left at 2 warm and damp place. b. How can Reena avoid growth of these green paiches? a) Why is the handle of fry pan made up of plastic or wood? qa) A thermometer ranges from -10 degree Celsius to 110 degree Celsius. Identify the type of thermometer, qd) People living in hot and sunny countries paint their houses white from outside. Why? mM ‘Why do penguins huddle together? Q) Ifyou leave a piece of iron in the open for few days, it acquires a layer of brownish substance on it Name this brownish layer and write one way to prevent it. ql) A fire alarm usually detects smoke in case of fire. Give reason why it is placed on the ceiling in a room. a Does shearing hurt sheep? Give reason for your answer. (yy Name the instrument used to measure the distance travelled by a vehicle. (ly23 SECTION ~B (14x 2-= 28) Raghu has been advised to add nitrogen in his ficlds as the soil has become nitrogen deficient. Write down two ways by which Raghu can add nitrogen to his fields. (2) ‘While doing an experiment a student applied vastine on both the sides of the leaves of a potted plant. a. What will he observe after three days? b. What did he conclude after doing this activity? @) The mouth of balloon is stretched and tightly fixed over the neck of an empty boiling tube, what will happen and why? fe Boiing be a. When the boiling tube is immersed in a beaker containing hot water. b. When the boiling tube is immersed in a beaker containing cold water. (2) Write down the name of simpler product formed after digestion. @) a Carbohydrates —_, b. Fats ——» ——_ —__ gna eT, c. Proteins ——> Mon took two test tubes, A and B, in test tube A he added water and boiled rice while in test tube B he put boiled and chewed rice and water. Then he poured ‘iodine solution in both test tubes,a. Write down his observations b. Give reason for the observation. @ 6. Draw a labeled diagram of sea breeze. @ 7. Necna’s mother was suffering from fever and she wants to measure her mother's temperature. Which thermometer, clinical or laboratory should she use and why? (2) 8. Observe the experiment shown in the figure and explain 4. Why-does the tin can not get crushed in first figure? b. Why-does the tin can get crushed? ¢. What is the conclusion of the experiment? @«Ae 9. A polar bear has two thick layers of fur and a layer of fat under the skin. How do these adaptations help the polar bear in its survival? @) 10 a. What happens when an iron nail is kept immersed in copper sulphate solution? @ b. Write a word equation for this process. 11, Whatis the difference between weather and climate? @) 12 a. What happens when gas produced by the reaction of baking soda and vinegar is passed through lime water? b. Write a word equation for this reaction. (2) 13. Draw the life history of silk moth and label the various stages. (2) 14, In the laboratory Leena’s teacher asked her to distinguish cotton and silk fibre by buming it. How will Leena identify cotton and silk fibre? (2)(3x 6=18) a. Name the plant shown below. go) 0) >, The plant is “partial heterotroph”. Give reason why? @ When magnesium is bumt in air, a powdery ash X is formed. X on dissolving in water forms Y. Paw ot forge KS tt i 2. Whatare the compounds X and Y ? b. Give the word equation for burning magnesium ribbon in air. &, What is the effect of Y on red litmus paper? Q) Observe the given experimental setup and answer the following questions-Re a. Whyare the iron nails fixed with wax falling down? b. Name the process by which aluminium rod gets heated. c. What will happen if instead of aluminium red, a plastic rod is taken? In the class the teacher was demonstrating an activity ‘She took a test tube and poured some sodium hydroxide solution a. What will happen when she will pour Phenolphthalcin in the test tube? b. What will happen if she now added hydrochloric acid to it? c. Identify the type of reaction and define it. 8) ‘Dropper Sodium hydroxide solution a, _Drawa labeled diagram of Amoeba. b. Name the part of amoeba which helps it in moving. (3) How does elephant living in the tropical rainforest adapt itself? a) SECTION —D (x 3=15) a. What type of motion is shown in the graph given below? b. What does the slope of this graph represent? Calculate the speed after Sminutes from starting. d. Draw the distance time graph fora stationary body, (3) ©i + x ‘Teme (mie) —+ a While working in laboratory Scena forgot to label three test tubes that contain acidic, basic and neutral solution respectively. Now how will she find out which solution is acidic, which is basic and which one is neutral. (3) -b. Ramu added quick lime to his fields, why would he have done this? a) c. Tina is suffering from acidity, what should she take to get relief? a) Give reason- a Accow can digest grass, but we cannot. b. Finger like projections are present in small intestine. ¢ Bile juice helps in digesting fats. 4, Camivores have sharp canines. ©. Stomach secretes mucus. &