NEW HORIZON SCHOOL

ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT-SCIENCE
TERM-1
SESSION : 2024-25

CLASS -VII

Name: ____________________
Section: ___________________

WORK-SHEET-1
 CLASS-VII
SCIENCE

Chapter-1 NUTRITION IN PLANTS

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Q1.Why do organisms need to take food?

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Q2. Show with the help of a sketch that the plants are the ultimate
source of food.
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Q3. How would you test the presence of starch in leaves?
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Q4. Distinguish between a parasite and saprotroph.

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Q5. Define autotrophic nutrition.
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Q6. Define photosynthesis.

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Q7.What are stomata? Explain with the help of diagram.

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 CLASS-VII
SCIENCE

Chapter-2 NUTRITION IN ANIMALS

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Q1.Why do we get instant energy from glucose?

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Q2.Where is the bile produced? Which component of food does it
help to digest?
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Q3. Draw a well labelled diagram showing the arrangement of
different types of teeth.
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Q4. Name the various types of teeth and also write their functions.
Answer:

TYPE OF TEETH Number of teeth Total Number Function

in each jaw teeth of each type
4 8

2 4

4 8

6 12

Total 32

Q5 Write the other name of food-pipe.

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Q6.What are villi? What is their location and function?

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Q7.Which part of digestive canal is involved in:

(i) Absorption of food---

(ii) Chewing of food---

(iii) Killing of bacteria---

(iv)Complete digestion of food---

(v) Formation of faeces—

WORK-SHEET-3
 CLASS-VII
SCIENCE

Chapter-3 HEAT

NAME:____________________ Roll. No.:________________________

Q1. Give two examples each of conductors and insulators of heat.

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Q2. Differentiate between sea breeze and land breeze.

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Q3.What are the various methods of transfer of heat?

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Q4. What type of clothes should we wear in summers?

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Q5.What is clinical thermometer? Explain with the help of a
diagram.

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Q6.What is the range of laboratory thermometer?
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Q7.What is the normal temperature of our body?
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Q8. Answer the following questions:

a) Which device is shown in the picture?
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b) On which principle does this device work?

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c) What is the coil of wire in this device called?

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d) Explain the working of this device.

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 CLASS-VII
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Chapter-4 Acids, Bases and Salts

NAME:____________________ Roll. No.:________________________

Q1.Complete the following table:

Name of Acid Found in

Acetic Acid
Formic Acid
Citric Acid
Lactic Acid
Oxalic Acid
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
Tartaric Acid

Q2.State the differences between acids and bases.

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Q3.Describe the process of neutralisation with help of an example.

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Q4.What is acid rain?

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Q5.What is soil treatment?

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Q6.How is indigestion treated?

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Q7.Complete the following table:

ACID Formula BASE Formula

Sulphuric Acid Sodium Hydroxide
Nitric Acid Calcium Hydroxide
Hydrochloric Acid Magnesium Hydroxide
Carbonic Acid Potassium Hydroxide
Formic Acid Barium Hydroxide

WORK-SHEET-5
CLASS-VII
 SCIENCE

CHAPTER No.-5 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES

NAME:____________________ Roll. No.:________________________

Q1.Classify the changes involved in the following processes as physical or

chemical changes:

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ii) Dissolving sugar in water______________________________________

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iv) Melting of wax _____________________________________________

v) Beating aluminium to aluminium sheet__________________________

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Q2. How would you show that setting of curd is a chemical change?

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Q3.Explain why rusting of an iron objects is faster in coastal areas than in

deserts.
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Q4.Explain how painting of an iron gate prevents it from rusting?

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Q5.When baking soda is mixed with lemon juice; bubbles are formed with
the evolution of gas. What type of change is it? Explain.

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CHAPTER No.-6 RESPIRATION IN LIVING ORGANISMS

CHAPTER No.-6

Respiration in Organisms

NAME: ____________________ Roll. No.:________________________

Q1. Why do we respire?

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Q2.What is inhalation and exhalation?

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Q3.What is breathing rate?

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Q4. What do you understand by aerobic respiration?

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Q5. What do you understand by anaerobic respiration?

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Q6. Why is smoking harmful for health?

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Q7.How do plants breathe?

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CLASS –VII

SCIENCE
 WORKSHEET No.-7

CHAPTER No.-12 FOREST OUR LIFELINE

NAME:____________________ Roll. No.:________________________

Q1. Name any two decomposers.

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Q2.List five products we get from forests.

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Q3. Draw a ray diagram to show the balance of Oxygen and Carbon dioxide in
nature.

Q4. Write two points on importance of forests.

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Q5.What is the importance of Humus to the soil?

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Q6. Write an example of a food chain.

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Q7. Name some animals which live in deeper areas of forest.

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Q8.Fill in the blanks

i) The insects, butterflies, honeybees and birds help flowering plants in _____

ii) A forest is a purifier of _______ and _____________.

iii) Herbs form the ____________ layer in the forest.

iv) The decaying leaves and animal droppings in a forest enrich the _______

Q9. Answer the following questions.

a) According to the above given food web, categorize all the organisms of
the food web into producer, herbivore, carnivore and omnivore.
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b) What will happen if producers are completely wiped out?

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c) What is food chain? Write any one food chain from the above food web.
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