Fig.14.22 shows four cells fixed on a board. Draw lines to indicate how you will connect their terminals with wires to make a battery of four cells.

                                        

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

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?

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

When baking soda is mixed with lemon juice, bubbles are formed with the evolution of a gas. What type of change is it? Explain.

Match the items in Column I with those in Column II:
Column I                                              Column II
(i) A home for living organisms         (a) Large particles
(ii) Upper layer of the soil                 (b) All kinds of soil
(iii) Sandy soil                                   (c) Dark in colour
(iv) Middle layer of the soil                (d) Small particles and packed tight                                                                                                                                               (v) Clayey soil                                  (e) Lesser amount of humus

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

One litre of water at 30°C is mixed with one litre of water at 50°C. The temperature of the mixture will be

(a) 80°C    (b) more than 50°C but less than 80°C
(c) 20°C    (d) between 30°C and 50°C

David is observing his image in a plane mirror. The distance between the mirror and his image is 4 m. If he moves 1 m towards the mirror, then the distance between David and his image will be

(i) 3 m        (ii) 5 m
(iii) 6 m      (iv) 8 m

One litre of water at 30°C is mixed with one litre of water at 50°C. The temperature of the mixture will be

(a) 80°C    (b) more than 50°C but less than 80°C
(c) 20°C    (d) between 30°C and 50°C

Salma takes 15 minutes from her house to reach her school on a bicycle. If the bicycle has a speed of 2 m/s, calculate the distance between her house and the school.

What are stomata? Give two functions of stomata.

Why is blood needed by all the parts of a body?

What are decomposers? Name any two of them. What do they do in the forest?

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

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

Mark ‘T’ if the statement is true and ‘F’ if it is false:
(i) Carbon dioxide is released during photosynthesis. (T/F)
(ii) Plants which synthesise their food themselves are called saprotrophs. (T/F)
(iii) The product of photosynthesis is not a protein. (T/F)
(iv) Solar energy is converted into chemical energy during photosynthesis. (T/F)

Can we survive only on raw, leafy vegetables/grass? Discuss.

How would you show that setting of curd is a chemical change?