(2023 – 2024) Academic Year
SDEC INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Year -7 Lower Secondary Science (Chemistry)
Unit Ended Test Time Allocation (50 Minutes)
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30
1. Complete the following table. (6 Marks)
Solid Liquid Gas
Compressible Compressible
Shape Definite
Volume Definite
Arrangement of Irregular
particle
Separation of
particle
Position Not-fixed
Movement
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2. Label the diagram and complete the table. The table has been
partially completed to help you. (6 Marks)
Change of state Heat absorbed or
evolved
Melting Solid to liquid
Condensation
Evaporation
Freezing
3. The one of year-7 students from made heating investigation of
water. He recorded the results in a table. Plot the data onto the
graph that you have been given below.
Time Temperature
(minutes) (°C)
0 10
5 20
10 30
15 40
20 50
25 60
30 65
35 70
40 80
45 90
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50 100
a. One of the points on the graph does not fit the pattern. Draw a
circle around it. (2 Marks)
b. He measured the volume of water at the start and at the end of
the investigation.
(i) Do you think the volume of water at the end was the
same as at the beginning. (1 Marks)
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(ii) What is the reason for your answer? (2 marks)
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4. When the solid copper bar is heated, the surface area of the
copper bar is increased. Use particle theory to explain why this
happens. (2 Marks)
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5. Use a particle theory to explain what happens when a gas
reaches a cold surface and it changes into a liquid. (4 Marks)
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6. Label the water cycle. (4 Marks)
7. What is precipitation. How many forms of precipitation are
there? What conditions are needed for these different form of
precipitation to occur? (3 Marks)
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