QUESTION BANK

SUBJECT: Science
TOPIC: Heat
CLASS: VII SECTION: ____
Name of the Student: ____________________ Day & Date: __________________

SECTION A
Q.1 The following arrangement left out in the sun for 30 minutes? Which of the following 1+1
arrangements A,B or C will show more temperature? Why?

Q.2 If atmosphere doesn't act like greenhouse, What would happen to the temperature of 1
earth?
Q.3 What is the SI unit of heat? 1
Q.4 The diagram shows four similar cans. Each can contains the same volume of water 1
initially at 80oC. After five minutes, which can will contain the coolest water?

a) Dull black b) Polished silver c) Dark black d) Painted white

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Q.5 Mercury is a highly toxic element although it is used in thermometer. Why? 1

Q.6 The maximum temperature for four days in a week is 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
36oC 35oC 38oC 40oC
Which day is the coolest?
Q.7 Why is it more effective for heaters to be placed closer to the floor and coolers to be 1
placed closer to the ceiling?
Q.8 Identify the mode of heat transfer in the picture given below. 1

Q.9 When does the flow of heat from a hot object to a cold object stop? 1

Q.10 A person sitting in front of a room heater feels hot. Name the process by which heat is 1
transferred.
Q.11 Name the process by which heat is transferred from the fire to the chicken being 1
cooked on barbeque.
Q.12 Study the diagram given below carefully and answer the questions that 1
follow.
i) Spoon in cup 'A ' gets heated and may be made of ____________.
ii) Spoon in cup 'B' does not get heated and may be made of __________.
Hot Tea

A B

Q.13 If the movement of warm air is upwards then how do you feel the heat of a room 1
heater sitting in front of it?
Q.14 What is the principle used in the making of thermometers in general? 1
Q.15 Some people put the new jam bottle in hot water to open it, as shown in the picture 1
given below. Can you explain the reason behind it?

Q.16 In which direction does the heat flow when two objects are kept in contact? 1

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Q.17 Birds fluff their feathers on a cold winter morning. Give reason. 1
SECTION B
Q.18 You are planning to go to a very cold place where the night temperature drops to —50 2
°C. Which thermometer will you take with you—mercury or alcohol? Why?
Q.19 What is the range of temperature that can be measured by a 2
a. Clinical thermometer
b. Laboratory thermometer
Q.20 A laboratory thermometer cannot be used to measure the human body temperature. 2
Why?
Q.21 Which would you prefer to keep you warm on a cold winter night: one thick woollen 2
blanket or two thin blankets joined together? Why?
Q.22 Use the diagrams to help you answer the following questions.
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a. Why does the aluminium pan melt when it boils dry?

b. Why do you think the gas flame doesn’t melt the pan when there is water in it?
Q.23 Teacher demonstrated an experiment with the help of a metal ring and a metal bob. Sh 2
e was able to pass the bob through the ring easily. Then she heated
the bob and again tried to pass it through the ring but was unsuccessful. Briefly explai
n the reason for this.

Q.24 Sometimes two things which are at the same temperature feel like they are at different 2
temperatures: one being cold and the other being warm. Justify the statement with an
example.
Q.25 One end of the objects such as a steel spoon, a plastic scale, a pencil and a divider is 1+1
put in a beaker of hot water. In which of these objects the other end will get hot?
Why?
Q.26 What are the precautions which need to be taken while using a thermometer? (any 4) 2

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Q.27 Explain why, the clinical thermometer has a short temperature range from 35oC to 2
42oC?
Q.28 Having found his mother suffering from fever Venkat took her to the doctor for 1+1
treatment, while checking the status, the doctor used a thermometer to know the
temperature of the body. He kept the thermometer in the mouth of the patient and
noted the reading as 102oF. Doctor gave the necessary medicines. After coming
home, Venkat asked his mother, who is a science teacher, why mercury is used in a
thermometer when there are so many liquids. Then his mother explained the reason
and made him understand why mercury is used in thermometers..
a) What explanation his mother would have given about the use of mercury in
thermometer? (any 2 reasons)
b) Comment upon the values exhibited by Venkat’s mother.

Q.29 Eskimos live in igloos made of ice. Can you explain this on the basis of conduction of 2
heat?
Q.30 Why are ventilators provided high up on the walls in our houses? 2
Q.31 The bulb of thermometer A is painted with lamp black and the bulb of thermometer B 1+1
is coated with silver. Both the thermometers are placed in sunshine for equal time.
a) Which thermometer will show a higher rise in temperature?
b) What conclusion is obtained from the above observation?
Q.32 The objects made of steel, plastic, iron ,wood and brass are lying in the same room 1+1
during winter season, which of the above mentioned objects will feel warmer to touch
and why?
Q.33 Why is frying pan made of metal but the handle of frying pan is made of plastic? 1+1
SECTION C
Q.34 Identify the processes A, B and C shown below in the diagram and define them. 𝟏
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Q.35 a) Why is the box of a solar cooker painted black from inside? 1
b) In places of hot climate, it is advised that the outer walls of houses be painted 1
white. Why?
c) Can a clinical thermometer be used to measure the temperature of boiling water? 1
Give reason to support your answer.
Q.36 a) Define radiation. Give any two examples where heat is transmitted by radiation. 1+1
b) Why can the sun’s heat not reach the earth by conduction or convection? 1
Q.37 Differentiate between
a) Conduction and convection. (any 2 points of difference) 1
b) Clinical thermometer and laboratory thermometer (any 4 points of difference) 2

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Q.38 With the help of an activity show the mode of transfer of heat in solids. 3
Q.39 What is meant by ‘convection’? Explain with the help of an example. Why 3
convection cannot take place in solids?
Q.40 How is heat transferred in liquids or gases? Explain. 3
SECTION D
Q.41 Diagrammatically explain 𝟏
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a) Land breeze
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