Our Own High School, Al Warqaa, Dubai

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT -1 (2016-2017)

REVISION WORKSHEET
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
Please note: These questions are no way indicative of the questions in the question
paper. These are to help you revise and check your concept attainment.
Nutrition in plants
1. Choose the correct option:
a) Which of the following statements is NOT true?
i. Heterotrophs cannot prepare their own food.
ii. Dodder is an example of parasite.
iii. Saprophytes are green.
iv. Pulses and Beans are legumes.
b) Some organisms live together and share shelter and nutrients. They is called:
i. Predators
ii. Symbiotic organisms
iii. Autotrophs d. Parasites
2.

a. Identify the process in the given picture._________________________

b. Write down the chemical equation for the above process that occurs in
green plants.
3. Fill in the blanks:
i. Small openings on the underside of leaves are called _____________ .

ii.
iii.
iv.

Farmers add fertilizers rich in ___________ to soil to replenish it.

The fluid matrix in which grana are arranged is called _______________.
______________ cells regulate the opening and closing of stoma.

4. Differentiate between
a) Grana and Thylakoid
b) Mushroom and Mango tree
c) Xylem and Phloem
5. Why is nitrogenous fertilizer not added in soil in which leguminous plants are
grown?
6. How does an insectivorous plant absorb nutrients from an insect trapped by it?
7. How do the following organisms get their nutrition?
a) Indian Pipe _______________________________
b) Fungi ____________________________________
c) A neem tree ______________________________
d) Raflessia _________________________________
8. Why are manures and fertilizers added to the soil in a farm?
9. We make our own food in the kitchen. This means that humans are also
autotrophs. Do you agree? Give reasons.
10. The pitcher plant and Venus flytrap are green plants that can Photosynthesize.
Why do they need to feed on insects?
11. Plants do not have a digestive system like us. Why do they not need a system?
Justify.
12. Draw the inside structure of chloroplast and label its parts.
Nutrition in Animals
1. Name the organs involved in the digestion of food in humans
2. Why do we get instant energy from glucose?
3. What is ORS? When is it given?
4. Ruminants such as cows and buffaloes swallow their food hurriedly and then sit
restfully and chew their food. Can you reason why?
5. Define peristalsis.

6. Which part of digestive canal is involved in

a) Absorption of food
b) Chewing of food
c) Killing of Bacteria
d) Complete digestion of food
e) Formation of faeces
7. Differentiate between assimilation and absorption.
8. Name the following:
a) Four types of teeth
b) Digestive glands in human body
c) Acid produced in stomach
d) Scientist who discovered the working of stomach
e) The sac like structure present between the small intestine & large intestine
in ruminants.
9. Write the function of the following:
a) Tongue
b) Stomach
c) Small Intestine
d) Large intestine
10. Write one similarity and one difference between the nutrition in Amoeba and
human beings.

11. Distinguish between the following:

a) Milk teeth and permanent teeth
b) Ingestion and Egestion
12. What are villi? What is their location and function?

13. Draw a neat and labeled diagram of the tongue showing the taste zones.
Chemical and Chemical changes
1. What type of a change is observed?
a) When Iron and Sulphur are heated to form a non-magnetic grey substance?
b) When dry ice (solid CO2) sublimes at room temperature? Justify your
answer.

2. Differentiate between a physical and a chemical change. Give examples for each.
3. Identify each of the following as a Physical or Chemical Change.
a) A piece of wood burns to form ash. _________
b) Water evaporates into steam. _________
c) A piece of cork is cut in half. _________
d) A bicycle chain rusts. _________
e) Water is absorbed by a paper towel. _________
f) Hydrochloric Acid reacts with zinc. _________
g) A tire is inflated with air. _________
4. Consider Fe (iron), H2 (Hydrogen) and NH3 (Ammonia). Which of these are atoms,
molecules, and compounds. Explain each with reason.
5. What is the difference between symbol of an element and formula of an element
with examples?
6. Identify the different elements represented by the following symbols: Au, He, Al,
Mg, Mn.
7. What is the difference between H, 2H and H2?
8. Mention the different radicals present in Na2CO3, Pb(NO3)2.
9. The valency of an element A is 4. Write the chemical formula of its oxide.
10. Justify the following statements with examples.
a) The properties of a compound are entirely different from that of its
constituent elements.
b) A mixture retains the properties of its constituent elements.
11. Iron filings when dropped in copper sulphate solution turns brown. Explain
the change with the chemical equation.
12. A piece of paper burns. Is it a physical or chemical change? Substantiate your
answer with proper reasons.
13. ... is the purest form of a substance forming a definite geometrical
shape (Atoms / Crystals).
14. Define atomicity and give examples of monoatomic, diatomic, triatomic and
tetra atomic molecules.

Time and Motion

1. A simple pendulum takes 10s to complete 20 oscillations. What is the time period
of the pendulum?
2. Which of the following distance-time graphs shows a truck moving with speed
which is not constant?

3. The odometer of a car reads 57321.0 km when the clock shows the time 08:30AM.
What is the distance moved by the car, if at 08:50 AM, the odometer reading has
changed to 57336.0 km? Calculate the speed of the car in km/min during this
time. Express the speed in km/h also.
4. Show the shape of the distance-time graph for the motion in the following cases:
(i) A car moving with a constant speed.
(ii) A car parked on a side road.
5. How far, in metres, will a car travel in 20 seconds at an average speed of 20m/s?
6. Differentiate uniform and non-uniform motion giving examples.
7. What are the factors on which time period of a pendulum depend?
8. How can we determine the speed of an object from its distance-time graph?
Explain giving an example.
9. What is a simple pendulum? Define the terms oscillation and time period.
10. Study the table given below and answer the questions that follow:

a. Calculate the speed with which Vikram travels.

b. If Tarun travels with the same speed as Vikram, how long will it take for him
to cover a distance of 24m?
c. Ram is the fastest of all. He can travel with double the speed as
Vikram. How far can he go in 4s?

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