SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-I

CLASS – VIII: SCIENCE

TIME: 2.5 Hrs. Max. Marks: 60

Note:

 All questions are compulsory.

 Marks are written against the each question.

CHAPTER 01
1. Why is manure better than fertilizers? Differentiate between them. 2
2. Differentiate between Rabi and Kharif crops? 3
3. Match the following 2
(a) Horticulture Crop (1) Potatoes
(b) Kharif crop (2) Agricultural waste
(c) Rabi crop (3) Groundnut
(d) Green manure (4) Dry leave
4. What is irrigation? Give a brief note on different types of it. 3
5. What are the weedicides? 1
6. Define the following: 2
(1) Harvesting
(2) Threshing
(3) Winnowing
(4) Combine
7. Explain how the soil gets affected by continuous plantation of crops in a field? 2
8. Fill in the blanks: 1
(1) Damaged seed would ………………..on top of the water.
(2) Same kinds of plants cultivated in a large are, called……………………..
CHAPTER 02
9. Why micro-organisms are, sometimes friend and sometimes foe for us? 2
10. What are the antibiotics? What precautions must be taken while taking it? 2
11. Name the bacteria which help in the curding of the milk? 1
12. Fill in the blanks:
(1) Blue green algae fix………………. Directly from air and enhance fertility of the soil.
(2) Cholera is caused by …………………….
13. Write the commercial uses of the micro-organisms. 2
14. Write the contribution of Louis Pasteur and Alexander Fleming in the
Field of biology. 2
15. What is vaccination? Why is it given to every child? 2
16. Write the causes of the given diseases( viruses/ bacteria) 2
(1) Tuberculosis
(2) Typhoid
(3) Hepatitis B
(4) Maleria
17. Explain the Nitrogen Cycle? 3
OR
Explain the Carbon Cycle?
CHAPTER 03
18. Write the differences between natural fibres and sysnthetic fibres? 3
19. Give the examples of synthetic fibres. 1
20. Write the properties of Polyester and Acrylic. 2
21. Write the differences between thermosettings and thermo plastics? 2
CHAPTER 05
22. What are the exhaustible and non-exhaustible natural resources?
Give an example of each. 2
23. How is the Petroleum formed? 2
24. Write the one use of it: 2
(1) LPG Gas
(2) Paraffin wax
(3) Bitumen
(4) Coal tar
CHAPTER 11
25. What is force? Write its SI unit. 2
26. How many types of force, give a brief note. 2
27. What happens when we apply force on an object? 1
28. Differentiate between Contact and Non-contact forces along with its types. 2
29. What is pressure? Write its SI unit? 2
CHAPTER 12
30. What is friction? 1
31. What are the factors that affect the friction? 2
32. Why is friction necessary?
33. Why sportsmen use shoes with spikes? 2