SOCIAL SCIENCE -Test

Class-7th
Answer the following questions –
1.) What is the importance of carbon dioxide and oxygen for living beings?

2.) Name three major sources of pollutants in the air. Also state the ill-effects
of these air pollutants.

3.) What is the importance of ozone gas? Why is global warming a threat to life
on the earth?

4.) How is rainfall caused? Explain it with the help of a diagram.

5) What is the composition of air? Draw a pie diagram showing the

composition of air.
6) Name the process that maintains the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere

1.Match the following items given in Column A with that in Column B:

Column A Column B

(a) Air (i) Thin layer of air surrounding our earth.

(b) Wind (ii) Released in respiration.

(c) Atmosphere (iii) Makes three fourth part of total air.

(iv) Is process of burning of food to get

(d) Oxygen
energy.

(e) Carbon dioxide (v) Uses wind power to rotate.

(vi) Process of preparation of food by

(f) Nitrogen
green plants.

(g) Respiration (vii) Allow air to move here and there.

(h) Photosynthesis (viii) Is a gaseous mixture.

(i) Windmill (ix) Supports combustion.

(j) Open areas (x) Is air in motion.

Multiple choice questions
1.The uppermost layer of the atmosphere is
(a) troposphere (b) stratosphere (c) mesosphere (d) thermosphere
2.The temperature is almost constant in the lower part of the
(a) troposphere (b) stratosphere (c) mesosphere d) thermosphere
3.The ultraviolet rays of the Sun can cause
(a) tuberculosis (b) skin cancer (c) allergies (d) Both (b) and (c)
4.The most plentiful gas in the air is
(a) hydrogen (b) oxygen (c) nitrogen (d) carbon dioxide
5. Thermosphere lies above
(a) mesosphere (b) troposphere (c) stratosphere (d) None of them

6.Global warming can be prevented by minimising the use of

(a) C02 (b) CFCs (c) methane (d) All of them
7.One of the following which is not a gaseous pollutant is
(a) mono oxide (b) sulphur dioxide (c) lead particles (d) nitrogen8.The
gas having the property of absorbing heat is
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) oxygen (c) nitrogen (d) hydrogen

9.Clouds do not form in the

(a) troposphere (b) stratosphere (c) mesosphere (d) thermosphere
10.A life-supporting gas is
(a) oxygen (b) nitrogen (c) hydrogen (d) carbon dioxide

B. Very Short Answer Type Questions

1.What would happen on the earth in the absence of air?
2.Which is the densest layer of the atmosphere?
3.Why is the temperature very low in high mountains?
4.What prevents the formation of clouds in the layer of stratosphere?.

5.Which layer of the atmosphere acts as a shield over the earth’s surface?
6.How is nitrogen beneficial to plants?
7.What is measured by the use of barometer?
8.Atmospheric temperature and pressure are opposite to each other on the earth’s
surface. What does it mean?.

9.What is rain gauge?

10.Name the layers of the atmosphere.
C. Short Answer Type Questions

1.Give three features of troposphere.

2.Mention three features of the stratosphere.