Name the following: (i) A parasitic pla | Class 7 Science Chapter Nutrition in Plants, Nutrition in Plants NCERT Solutions

Classify the changes involved in the following processes as physical or chemical changes:
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Dissolving sugar in water
(c) Burning of coal
(d) Melting of wax
(e) Beating aluminium to make aluminium foil
(f ) Digestion of food

Given below is a crossword puzzle based on this lesson. Use hints to fill in the blank spaces with letters that complete the words.
Down                                               Across
(D) 1 : Thorough washing           (A) 1 : Keeps warm
      2 : Animal fibre                            2 : Its leaves are eaten by silkworms
      3 : Long thread like structure      3 : Hatches from egg of moth

Here is a crossword puzzle: Good luck!

Across
3. Liquid waste products
4. Solid waste extracted in sewage treatment
6. A word related to hygiene
8. Waste matter discharged from human body

Down
1. Used water
2. A pipe carrying sewage
5. Micro-organisms which causes cholera
7. A chemical to disinfect water

Sketch the cross section of soil and label the various layers.

Take three test-tubes. Fill æth of each with water. Label them A, B and C. Keep a snail in test-tube A, a water plant in test-tube B and in C, keep snail and plant both. Which test-tube would have the highest concentration of CO₂?

Solve the following crossword puzzle with the clues given:

Across
2. Plantation prevents it.
5. Use should be banned to avoid soil pollution.
6. Type of soil used for making pottery.
7. Living organism in the soil.

Down
1. In desert soil erosion occurs through.
3. Clay and loam are suitable for cereals like.
4. This type of soil can hold very little water.
5. Collective name for layers of soil.

Sketch the reproductive parts of a flower.

Describe how crystals of copper sulphate are prepared.

Why does an athlete breathe faster and deeper than usual after finishing the race?

Write one similarity and one difference between the nutrition in amoeba and human beings.

In addition to the rock particles, the soil contains

(i) air and water
(ii) water and plants
(iii) minerals, organic matter, air and water
(iv) water, air and plants

Which part of the 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 ________________.

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

What are villi? What is their location and function?

Tick the correct answer:

(a) The reproductive part of a plant is the
(i) leaf    (ii) stem    (iii) root    (iv) flower

(b) The process of fusion of the male and the female gametes is called
(i) fertilisation          (ii) pollination
(iii) reproduction      (iv) seed formation

(c) Mature ovary forms the
(i) seed                   (ii) stamen
(iii) pistil                  (iv) fruit

(d) A spore producing plant is
(i) rose                   (ii) bread mould
(iii) potato              (iv) ginger

(e) Bryophyllum can reproduce by its
(i) stem                  (ii) leaves
(iii) roots                (iv) flower

Fig. 13.15 shows the distance-time graph for the motion of two vehicles A and B. Which one of them is moving faster?

                           Fig. 13.15 Distance-time graph for the motion of two cars

State two differences between a convex and a concave lens.

Suppose the two photographs, shown in Fig. 13.1 and Fig. 13.2, had been taken at an interval of 10 seconds. If a distance of 100 metres is shown by 1 cm in these photographs, calculate the speed of the blue car.

What will happen if there are no platelets in the blood?

Fill in the blanks:

(a) An image that cannot be obtained on a screen is called ____________.
(b) Image formed by a convex __________ is always virtual and smaller in size.
(c) An image formed by a __________ mirror is always of the same size as that of the object.
(d) An image which can be obtained on a screen is called a _________ image.
(e) An image formed by a concave ___________ cannot be obtained on a screen.