Class-7 Answers

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Ch.1.Nutrition i
n plants.
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1.Organisms need food:
*To grow
*To stay healthy
*To build bodies
*To repair damaged part of our body
2.Parasite-A parasite is an organism that feeds on other organisms to obtain foo
d.
Saprotroph-A saprotroph is an organism that depends on dead or another organis
ms for food.
3.Aim-To test the presence of starch in leaves
Materials required-bunsen burner, iodine solution, test tube, food sample.
Method-*Crush the food sample and put in a test tube.
*Heat it on a bunsen burner for 2 to 3 minutes.
*Add two drops of iodine solution on it
*It turns blue-back.
Conclusion-This shows that there is starch in leaves
4.The process of synthesis of food in green plants is that they take in sunlight
, water and minerals in the presence of chlorophyll to make food.
6.(a)Autotrophs
(b)Strach
(c)Chlorophyll
(d)Co2, oxygen
7.(i)Cuscutta
(ii)Insectivorous plants(pitcher plant)
(iii)Stomata
8.(a)(ii)
(b)(iii)
9.Column I
Column II
Chlorophyll
Leaf
Nitrogen
Amarbel
Parasite
Animals
Heterotrophs
Insects
pitcher plant
10.(i)Carbon dioxide is released during photosynthesis-F
(ii)Plants which synthesise their food themselves are called saprotrophs-F
(iii)The product of photosynthesis is not a protein-T
(iv)Solar energy is converted into chemical energy during photosynthesis-T
11.(ii)
12.(iv)
Lesson completed
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Ch.2.Nutrition in animal
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1.(a)Buccal cavity or mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine and large inte
stine.
(b)liver
(c)digestive
(d)villi

(e)food vacoule
2.(a)F
(b)T
(c)F
(d)T
3.(a)(iii)
(b)(iv)
4.Column I
Column II
Food components
Product(s) of digestion
------------------------------------Carbohydrates
Sugar
Proteins
Amino acids
Fats
Fatty acids and glycerol
5.The inner wall of the small intestine that has many finger-like outgrowths are
called villi.The villi increase the surface area for absorption of the digested
food.
6.The bile is produced in the liver.It digests fats.
8.The type of carbohydrate that can be digested by ruminants but not by humans i
s cellulose because we don't have the rumen organ to digest it.
9.Carbohydrates when consumed change into glucose.As, glucose can be easily abso
rbed by our body, it provides energy.
10.(i)stomach
(ii)mouth
(iii)oesophagus
(iv)small intestine
(v)large intestine
11.One similarity is that both need endergy for growth of the body and one diffe
rence is that both have different organs for absorbing nutrition.
12.Column I
Column II
(a)Salivary gland
(iii)Saliva secretion
(b)Stomach
(iv)Acid release
(c)Liver
(i)Bile juice secretion
(d)Rectum
(ii)Storage of undigested food
(e)Small intestine
(v)Digestion is completed
(f)Large intestine
(vi)Absorption of water
13.
14.No, because grass is a type of cellulose carbohydrate which cannot be digeste
d by us.
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Ls.3.Fibre to Fabric
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1.(a)The hair which is present on the body.
(b)The colour of hair of the lamb is white as snow.
2.(iii)
3.(iv)
4.(i)Rearing-To help someone grow.
(ii)Shearing-To remove fleece (hair) from a sheep's skin.
(iii)Sericulture-Rearing silkworms.
5.Scouring, picking of burrs, dyeing of fibre
6.
7.Sericulture, moriculture
8.Column I
Column II
1.Scouring
(e) Cleaning sheared skin
2.Mulberry leaves (c) Food of silk worm
3.Yak
(b) Wool yielding animal
4.Coccoon
(a) Yields silk fibres.
9.Down Across
(D) 1 : Thorough washing-Scouring
(A) 1 : Keeps warm-Wool

2 : Animal fibre-Silk
ilkworms-Mulberry
3 : Long thread like structure- Fibre
Caterpillar

2 : Its leaves are eaten by s

3 : Hatches from egg of mothLesson completed
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ls.4.Heat
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1.Similarities:
Laboratory thermometer-It is used to measure temperature.
Clinical thermometer-It is used to measure temperature.
Differences:
Laboratory thermometer-It is used to measure the temperature of non-living thi
ngs
Clinical thermometer-It is used to measure the temperature of living things
2.Conductors of heat-Iron, copper.
Insulators of heat-Wood, plastic.
3.(a)Temaparature
(b)Laboratory
(c)Celsius
(d)Radiation
(e)Conduction
(f)Dark
4.(i) Land breeze blows during-night
(ii) Sea breeze blows during-Day
(iii) Dark coloured clothes are preferred during-winter
(iv)Light coloured clothes are preferred during-summer
5.Wearing more layers of clothing during winter keeps us warmer than wearing jus
t one thick piece of clothing as air gets stuck between more layers of clothing.
6.
7.It is advised that the outer walls of houses be painted white so that hot air
is reflected.
8.(d)
9.(b)
10.(d)
11.(c)