Lahore Grammar School Gulberg

42 B/III - Gulberg, Lahore

Half - Yearly Examination – 2021

Candidate Name: Class /Section: 7/

Science Total Marks: /50

Paper 2 Total Time: 45 minutes

Candidates answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are required. Group 1

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name and section clearly.

Write in dark blue or black pen.

Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or any correction fluid.

Answer all the questions.

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

Total number of marks for this paper: 50

This document consists of 8 assessment sheets and 1 cover page.

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Q 1: Decide whether each of the following is an element or a compound. /3

i. O2 __________________
ii. CO2________________
iii. H2O ________________
iv. Fe ______________
v. H2 ___________________________
vi. NaCl ____________________________

Q 2: Link each particle or substance with the correct diagram and description. /5

Q 3: Mustafa runs a new personal best in the 100-metre sprint. Her average speed over the course of
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the race is 8.58 meters per second. How long, to 2 decimal places, does it take her to run the race?

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Q4: a) Label the parts of the distillation apparatus shown below using words from the box.

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b) What is meant by the term condensing?

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c) How is the water going into the condenser is different from the water which comes out?
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Q 5: a) The boxes show some parts of the plant and their functions.

Draw a line from each part to match its function.

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Part Function
Photosynthesis
Flower

Leaf Absorption of water

Root Transport of water and minerals

Stem Reproduction

b) Complete the word equation for photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide + _____________ Glucose + _____________

Q 6: Consider the graph below.

The graph shows the movement of the car from point A to point D, D is 500 m from A.
Note that there are two slant lines AB and CD. The slant lines indicate that car is moving.
The flat line BC indicates that car has stopped or is at rest.

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a) Calculate the speed of the car at first 10 seconds.
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b) For how long did the car stop?
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c) What is the speed of the car from its journey C to D?

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d) On which part of the journey did the car travel faster? /2

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Q 7: The following table lists some of the digestive juices involved in digestion.

Digestive juices Produced in Secreted into

Saliva

Gastric juice

Bile

Pancreatic juice

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 1) Put the following location into the correct places in the “produced in” column.

Gastric pits Liver Pancreas Salivary glands

2) Put the following locations into the correct places in the “secreted into” column. /2

Duodenum Mouth Small intestine Stomach

Q8: Usman and his friends are planning a party.

They want to prepare food that will be part of a healthy, balanced diet.

They find this information on the internet.

(a) The information states that a person should eat mostly cereals and wholegrains.

(i) Which group of nutrients is provided by cereals and wholegrains? /2

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(ii) Why do we need these nutrients?

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 b) People are advised to eat more fruit and vegetables in their diet.

This helps to prevent them from developing deficiency diseases such as scurvy and
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rickets. Name the group of nutrients which helps to prevent these deficiency diseases.

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c) Eating too much fat and oil can lead to health problems.

State one harmful result of eating too much fat and oil.

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Q9: This question is about states of matter.

a) Complete these sentences about states of matter.

Choose words from the list. /3

be squashed break condense

expand melt separate

The particles in solids are close together which means solids cannot _______________.
When a liquid evaporates the particles ___________________________.
When a solid change into a liquid it is said to ______________________.

b) The particles of a gas fill any container in which they are placed.

Explain why.
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Q10:
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Plant cell contain many parts.

a) One part of this cell has not been named. Add this name to the diagram.
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b) Chloroplasts are not found in all plant cells.

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(i) Name a plant cell that has chloroplasts.
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(ii) Name a plant cell that does not have chloroplasts.
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c) Two parts labelled on the diagram are not found in any animal cells. Which two parts? /2
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Q11: Mia plays her flute.

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The oscilloscope shows the sounds the flute makes.

Here is an oscilloscope picture.

There are two complete waves in the picture.

This wave has a frequency of 2 units.

The frequency of the wave increases to 6 units.

The amplitude stays the same.

(i) What is the number of complete waves that are now seen in the oscilloscope picture? /2
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(ii) What happens to the height of the waves on the oscilloscope picture?
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