QUESTION PAPER.

GENERAL SCIENCE. CHAPTERS-5,6,7&8.

DATE-27/03/3024. MARKS-80/80.
SECTION-1. 7*2=14.
Answer all the questions.
1. What is High pressure & Low pressure?
2. Define Heat energy & Temperature.
3. What is the Heating effect of Current?
4. Define Humidity.
5. Expand “MCB”.
6. What are Compact Fluorescent Lamps?
7. What is Celsius scale?
SECTION-2. 6*4=24.
Answer any 6 of the following questions.
8. Why do we use Mercury in the thermometer? Can water be used
instead of Mercury? What are the problems in using it?
9. Observe your surrounding immediately after rain. Express your
feelings in the form of a song.
10. In a series connection of bulbs, if one bulb fails, why do all other
bulbs go OFF?
11. In the day time, when we go to the sea the air blows towards us
and does not go towards the sea. Explain.
12. State two experiences that make you think that air exerts
pressure. (Other than those given in the text).
13. Gauthami was prepared to measure the temperature of hot
water with a clinical thermometer. Is it right or wrong. Why?
14. Write Electric symbols and their uses.
SECTION-3. 4*8=32.
15. Draw the diagram of a laboratory thermometer and label its
parts. How does it differ from a clinical thermometer?
16. Where is the meteorological department in your area? How is it
useful to you?
17. Write the difference between series connection and parallel
connection.
18. Explain Hot air is lighter than cold air.

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20. Why do people need and observe weather?
PART-B.
Each question carries 2 marks. 5*2=10.
1. Fill in the missing words in the blank spaces in the following
statements.
(i) Wind is ————— air.
(ii) Air moves from a region of_______pressure to a region of ——
——— pressure.
2. . Draw the circuit daigram for the following series connection.

3.

4. Write true or false. Give reasons.

(i) In summer the winds blow towards the earth from the
seas/ocean in the afternoon ( ).
(ii) Minimum temperature is recorded in early morning ( ).
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