DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, DURGAPUR

SESSION: 2022-23
ASSIGNMENT – VII
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
SUB: BIOLOGY CLASS: VII

TOPIC: WORKSHEET ON OBTAINING AND UTILISING FOOD

1. What is the digestive juice in the mouth called? What enzyme does it contain and what does it do?

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2. Define peristalsis. Does it occur only in the oesophagus?

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3. The juice produced in the stomach contains an acid as well as an enzyme. Name the enzyme. What do the acid

and enzyme do?

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4. What happens to food in the small intestine?

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5. What happens to the undigested food that remains in the large intestine?

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6. How many teeth does an adult human being have? Write the different types of teeth and their functions.

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7. Can you tell which kind of food items are not digested easily when gall bladder of a person is removedsurgically?
Why?
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8. What is the role of fibrous food in bowel movement?

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9. How food moves in the opposite direction during vomiting?

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10. Why it is advised not to eat hurriedly and talk or laugh while eating?.
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Activity – Collect information and paste pictures on A4 sheets.

Topic – Different types of Symbiotic relationship existing in Nature (Any 4)

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