St.
Mary’s School, Academic Year 2021-22
Science Self-Study
Study Plan and Assignment
CLASS-VII,
CHAPTER-17; WASTEWATER STORY STORY.
Dear maryites,
Read the lesson carefully.
Complete the following exercise in your Science Notebook.
A. Choose the correct option.
1. Which one of these is a mechanical for animal and plant life to survive.
process of treating wastewater? (b) When life forms die in the water
(a) Screening of wastes bodies, the bacteria present in the
(b) Digestion of wastes water starts decomposing them.
(c) Disinfecting water (c) The water begins to stink when life
(d) None of these forms die in them.
2. From which one of these does (d) It is not important or essential to
sewage pass through to remove larger have a proper mechanism for
impurities? (a) Vertical bars wastewater disposal.
(b) Grit chamber 9. Which of the following is not a
(c) Aeration tanks reason for the generation of
(d) Sedimentation tanks wastewater?
3. Which one of these refers to the (a) Water used for agriculture contains
material that settles at the bottom in harmful pesticides.
wastewater treatment? (b) Generation of electricity by water.
(a) Sludge (c) Construction of buildings.
(b) Scum (d) Mining operations.
rations.
(c) Sewage 10. Which of the following is the
(d) None of these incorrect option about the domestic
4. In which one of these is air blown activities that generate wastewater?
onto the sewage? (a) Using detergents
(a) Grit chambers (b) Human faeces
(b) Aeration tanks (c) Using wooden furniture
(c) Water tank (d) Washing metal objects.
(d) Septic tank
5. Improper management of sewage
results in
(a) diseases
(b) contamination of water supply
(c) water pollution
(d) all of these
6. Water is a natural resource that is
vital only for plants.
(a) True
(b) False
7. Hospitals, hotels and offices do not
generate wastewater.
(a) True
(b) False
8. Which of the following is the
incorrect statement?
(a) The waste makes the water unfit
St. Mary’s School, Academic Year 2021-22
Science Self-Study
Self Study Plan and Assignment
B. Write one example
mple for each of the following.
1. Source of wastewater. _______________
2. Industrial waste. _______________
3. Domestic waste. _______________
4. Uses of treated water. _______________
5. Alternative methods of sewage disposal. _______________
C. Write one word for each of the following.
1. Dirty water ...............
2. Impurities in wastewater ...............
3. The chemical process of waste water treatment plant ...............
4. Wastewater that contains suspended impurities ...............
5. The material
terial that settles at the bottom of sedimentation tanks ...............
6. Material that rises to the top in sedimentation tanks ...............
D. Write one word for the following.
1. Impurities that form sewage. _______________
2. A hole through which a person can enter drain pipes to fix them. _______________
3. A channel system of pipelines used to carry sewage. _______________
4. Solid waste materials that settle at the bottom in the primary treatment of waste
water. _______________
5. Light waste materials
erials that rise to the top and float during wastewater treatment.
_______
E. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
1. The water that is made dirty by a lot of human activities is called _______________
(wastewater/garbage).
2. Industrial _______________
___________ (products/effluents) lead to the generation of
wastewater.
3. The wastewater gets collected from various sources and forms the
_______________ (sewage/river).
4. In large cities, the accumulated wastewater is known as _______________
(community/municipal)
/municipal) wastewater
5. A _______________ (manhole/lid) is usually a cover through which a person may
enter a sewer or drain to fix it.
St. Mary’s School, Academic Year 2021-22
Science Self-Study
Self Study Plan and Assignment
F. Write T for the true statement and F for the false one. Correct the false
statement(s).
1. Scum is the material that
at settles at the bottom.
2. A wastewater treatment plant is a facility that treats freshwater from industrial
sources only.
3. The sewer system is a channel of pipelines that carry out sewage from our houses.
4. Primary process is a mechanical process, which
which involves screening and settling of
large particles.
5. The water that comes out of the sedimentation tanks is called clarified water.
G. Short answers questions.
1. What is wastewater? What does it contain?
2. Name the stages involved in treating wastewater.
wastew
3. Differentiate between primary and secondary treatments in treating wastewater.
4. How can treated water be used again?
5. What happens to the sludge produced after wastewater passes through the
sewage treatment plant?
6. Why is it important to maintain
ntain proper sanitation in public places?
7. What are the different sources of wastewater?
8. Define eutrophication.
9. What is the difference between sludge and scum?
10. What are vermi-composting
composting toilets?
11.
1. What can you do to maintain sanitation in public
pub places?
