Biology Revision questions, Class -7, Half Yearly 2018-19

Photosynthesis
1. Define- Autotrophs, Autotrophic nutrition.
2. State the requirements for performing photosynthesis.
3. State the mechanism of opening and closing of stomata with labelled diagrams.
4. Why is glucose converted to starch in leaves just after photosynthesis? What happens to this starch at night?
5. Give reasons for the following :
(a) Destarching of a plant is necessary before performing the experiments on photosynthesis.
(b) The test tube containing alcohol and leaf is never heated directly over fire.
(c) Chlorophyll must be removed from leaves before adding iodine solution to it.
(d) The glowing matchstick bursts into flame when introduced in the test tube containing gases released
during photosynthesis.
Obtaining and utilizing food
Digestion in Human
1. State the functions of the following :
(a) Tongue
(b) Teeth
(c) Epiglottis
(d) Villi
(e) Saliva
(f) Pancreatic juice
2. Give reasons for the following :
(a) Rice or roti taste sweet when chewed in the mouth.
(b) Epiglottis closes when we swallow food.
(c) Hydrochloric acid and bile although do not contain digestive enzymes, help in digestion.
3. Differentiate between :
(a) Permanent teeth and Milk teeth
(b) Incisors and Canines
4. State the function of large intestine.
Digestion in Herbivore
1. Why are grass eaters called ruminants?
2. On the basis of arrangement of teeth, how can you distinguish between the skull of a herbivore and carnivore.
The Cell
1. Differentiate between :
(a) Cell wall and Cell membrane
(b) Plant cell and Animal cell
(c) RER and SER
2. Give reasons for the following :
(a) Nucleus is called the ‘brain of the cell’.
(b) Chloroplast is called the ‘kitchen of the cell’.
(c) Lysosomes are called ‘suicide bags’.
(d) Mitochondrion is called the ‘powerhouse of the cell’.
3. Draw and label a nucleus.
Tissue
1. State one characteristic each of :
(a) Meristematic tissue
(b) Xylem
(c) Parenchyma
(d) Collenchyma
(e) Sclerenchyma
(f) Phloem
2. Differentiate between the following pairs:
(a) Blood and Lymph
(b) Bone and Cartilage
(c) Tendons and Ligaments
(d) Striated muscle and Unstriated muscle
3. What is the speciality of cardiac muscle?
4. Draw and label a neuron.
Respiration in Plants and Animals
1. Give reasons :
(a) Lime water turns milky when expired air is passed through it.
(b) Soil near the roots is loosened.
(c) The mixture of water, alkali and phenolphthalein turns colourless after sometime when a root is
submerged in it.
2. Draw a labelled diagram to show the exchange of gases in an alveolus.
3. What is fermentation? State it’s advantages and disadvantages.
4. Differentiate between :
(a) Bronchi and Bronchioles
(b) Larynx and Phraynx
(c) Haemoglobin and Oxyhaemoglobin
(d) Inhalation and Exhalation
(e) Aerobic respiration and Anaerobic respiration
5. Give the balanced equation for respiration.