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

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?

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 reproductive parts of a flower.

Describe how crystals of copper sulphate are prepared.

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

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.

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

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

Explain how animals dwelling in the forest help it grow and regenerate.

Describe the steps involved in getting clarified water from wastewater.

Why should oils and fats be not released in the drain? Explain.

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.

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

What are stomata? Give two functions of stomata.

Draw the circuit diagram to represent the circuit shown in Fig.14.21.

When the current is switched on through a wire, a compass needle kept nearby gets deflected from its north-south position. Explain.

Fill in the blanks:

 (i) The average weather taken over a long time is called ___________.                                                                                                                                               (ii) A place receives very little rainfall and the temperature is high throughout the year, the climate of that place will be ___________ and ___________ .
 (iii) The two regions of the earth with extreme climatic conditions are ___________ and __________.