Skill builder - 1
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
GRADE: 7
Physics
1. A torch, a small ball, a cube and a screen are arranged as shown below.
What will the shadow on the screen look like?
A. A B. B C. C D. D
2. A girl uses a scale to measure the length of a metal rod. Because the end of the scale is damaged, she
places one end of the rod at the 1 cm mark as shown.
How long is the metal rod?
A. 43 mm C. 46 mm
B. 53 mm D. 56 mm
Chemistry
1 Four identical tin cans filled with sand were painted BLACK, RED, PINK and WHITE respectively.
These were kept in the sunlight and their temperatures recorded every two minutes for 30 minutes. The
graph given below shows the temperature of the tin cans. Based on the above
graph, which of these observations are correct?
A. All the cans finally reach about the same temperature.
B. In all the cans, the temperature rises sharply initially but then
stabilizes.
C. The white coloured can absorbs the maximum amount of heat.
D. The darker its colour, the longer it takes the can to heat up.
2 Radha takes some blue solution in a test tube and then puts some drops of lemon juice into it. She leaves
the solution for an hour. After she comes back, she looks at the solution and concludes that a chemical
change has happened in it. What might have occurred for her to conclude this?
A. The solution evaporated from the test tube.
B. The solution changed colour from blue to red.
C. The drops of lemon juice formed a layer on the solution.
D. The drops of lemon juice increased the weight of the solution.
Biology
1. The city authorities requested the citizens to have two separate dustbins for the waste generated in their
homes as shown below:
What is the MOST LIKELY basis on which the authorities have made this classification?
A. The good or bad smell of waste.
B. The bio-degradable or non-bio-degradable nature of waste.
C. The size of the waste items.
D. There is no pattern or basis.
2. For an experiment, a scientist put lime at the base of tomato plant A and baking soda at the base of
tomato plant B. She then sealed the plants in plastic bags. Tomato plant A eventually died, and tomato
plant B stayed healthy.
What was the dependent variable in this experiment?
A. type of plant grown for the test B. response of the plants to each substance
C. substance at the base of each plant D. plastic bags wrapped around each plant
Earth Science
1. The axis of the earth's rotation is tilted with respect to the plane of its revolution. What would
be the MAIN difference if the axis were NOT tilted but perfectly upright?
A. We would not have day and night
B. The weather would be similar throughout the world.
C. The weather would be similar throughout the year.
D. There would be no change.
2. Jayanthi is trying to study the formation of day and night using a
lamp ( as the Sun) and a ball (as the Earth). How should she
move the ball to get the effect similar to day and night?
A. walk with the ball around the lamp
B. Raise and lower the ball
C. spin the ball on the string
D. move the ball closer to the lamp
