Dorji has a few bottles of soft drink in | Class 7 Science Chapter Acids, Bases and Salts, Acids, Bases and Salts 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.

Indicate the type of climate of the following areas:

(a) Jammu and Kashmir: _________________________________
(b) Kerala: ____________________________________________
(c) Rajasthan: __________________________________________
(d) North-east India: _____________________________________

Ammonia is found in many household products, such as window cleaners. It turns red litmus blue. What is its nature?

A car moves with a speed of 40 km/h for 15 minutes and then with a speed of 60 km/h for the next 15 minutes. The total distance covered by the car is:

(i) 100 km          (ii) 25 km
(iii) 15 km          (iv) 10 km

Mark ëTí if the statement is true and ëFí if it is false:
(a) Digestion of starch starts in the stomach. (T/F)
(b) The tongue helps in mixing food with saliva. (T/F)
(c) The gall bladder temporarily stores bile. (T/F)
(d) The ruminants bring back swallowed grass into their mouth and chew it for some time. (T/F)

Fill in the blanks:
(a) Green plants are called _________________ since they synthesise their own food.
(b) The food synthesised by the plants is stored as _________________.
(c) In photosynthesis solar energy is captured by the pigment called ___________.
(d) During photosynthesis plants take in ______________________ and release __________________.

Match items in Column I with those in Column II:

Column I                             Column II
(a) Bud                                  (i) Maple
(b) Eyes                                (ii) Spirogyra
(c) Fragmentation                 (iii) Yeast
(d) Wings                              (iv) Bread mould
(e) Spores                             (v) Potato
                                              (vi) Rose

How does the process of fertilisation take place in flowers?

Name two chemicals used to disinfect water.

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

How will you help your neighbours in case cyclone approaches your village/town?