HOLIDAY HOMEWORK BIOLOGY
Class 7
A. Answer the following questions in short:
1. Why do organisms need to take food?
2. Distinguish between a parasite and a saprophyte.
3. How would you test the presence of starch in leaves?
4. Give a brief description of the process of photosynthesis of
food in green plants.
5. Show with the help of a sketch that the plants are the
ultimate source of food.
6. Name all the nutrients present in food.
7. What is photosynthesis?
8. Define nutrition.
9. Name the organs associated with photosynthesis.
10. We make our own food in the kitchen. This means that
humans are also autotrophs. Do you agree? Give reasons.
11. How can we protect our things from getting spoiled?
B. Fill in the blanks:
1. Green plants are called …………….. since they synthesise
their own food.
2. The food synthesised by the plants is stored as
………………. .
3. In photosynthesis solar energy is captured by the pigment
called ……………. .
4. During photosynthesis plants take in ……………. and
release ………………… .
5. ……………….. are chemical substances present in food.
6. A fungus we like to eat is ………………….. .
7. Mode of nutrition in algae is …………….. .
C. Name the following:
1. A parasite plant with yellow, slender and tubular stem.
……………….
2. A plant that has both autotrophic and heterotrophic mode
of nutrition. …………………
3. The pores through which leaves exchange gases.
……………..
D. Tick (✓) the correct option:
1. Amarbel is an example of:
(a) autotroph
(b) parasite
(c) saprotroph
(d) host
2. The plant which traps and feeds on insects is:
(a) Cuscuta
(b) China rose
(c) Pitcher plant
(d) Rose
3. Plants take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere mainly
through their:
(a) roots
(b) stem
(c) flowers
(d) leaves
4. Which part of the plant takes in carbon dioxide from the air
for photosynthesis?
(a) Root hair
(b) Stomata
(c) Leaf veins
(d) Sepals
5. Which of the following is used from the atmosphere during
photosynthesis?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Hydrogen
(c) Minerals
(d) Carbon dioxide
6. Water reaches the leaves from root by:
(a) stomata
(b) phloem
(c) xylem
(d) all of these
Diagram:
1.Draw a diagram of digestive system on A4 size
paper.