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Global Indian International School, Noida

Session 2024-25
Worksheet
Heat

Name …..................... Class: VII


Date: ……………………… Subject: Science

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. A marble tile would feel cold as compared to a wooden tile on a winter morning, because the
marble tile

(a) is a better conductor of heat than the wooden tile.

(b) is polished while wooden tile is not polished.

(c) reflects more heat than wooden tile.

(d) is a poor conductor of heat than the wooden tile.

2. A beggar wrapped himself with a few layers of newspaper on a cold winter night. This helped
him to keep himself warm because

(a) friction between the layers of newspaper produces heat.

(b) air trapped between the layers of newspaper is a bad conductor of heat.

(c) newspaper is a conductor of heat.

(d) newspaper is at a higher temperature than the temperature of the surrounding.

3. Paheli and Boojho measured their body temperature. Paheli found her’s to be 98.6 °F and
Boojho recorded 37°C. Which of the following statement is true?

(a) Paheli has a higher body temperature than Boojho.

(b) Paheli has a lower body temperature than Boojho.

(c) Both have normal body temperature.

(d) Both are suffering from fever.


4. Boojho has three thermometers as shown in Figure , He wants to measure the temperature
of his body and that of boiling water. Which thermometer (s) should he choose?

(a) Thermometer (i) or (iii) for measuring body temperature and (ii) for measuring
thetemperature of boiling water.

(b) Thermometer (i) for measuring temperature of both.

(c) Thermometer (ii) for measuring temperature of both.

(d) Thermometer (iii) for measuring temperature of both.

5.Four arrangements to measure temperature of ice in beaker with laboratory thermometer


are shown in Figure (a, b, c and d). Which one of them shows the correct arrangement for
accurate measurement of temperature?

6. Fig (a–d) shows a student reading a doctor’s thermometer. Which of the figure indicates the
correct method of reading temperature?
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

7. Shopkeepers selling ice blocks usually cover them with jute sacks. Explain why.

8.A laboratory thermometer A is kept 7 cm away on the side of the flame while a similar
thermometer B is kept 7 cm above the flame of a candle as shown in Figure 4.5

9.To keep her soup warm Paheli wrapped the container in which it was kept with a woollen
cloth. Can she apply the same method to keep a glass of cold drink cool? Give reason for your
answer.

10.In a mercury thermometer, the level of mercury rises when its bulb comes in contact with a
hot object. What is the reason for this rise in the level of mercury?

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

11. For setting curd, a small amount of curd is added to warm milk. The microbes present in the
curd help in setting if the temperature of the mixture remains approximately between 35°C to
40°C. At places, where room temperature remains much below the range, setting of curd
becomes difficult. Suggest a way to set curd in such a situation.

12. You may have noticed that a few sharp jerks are given to clinical thermometer before using
it. Why is it done so?

13. Why is it advised not to hold the thermometer by its bulb while reading it?

14. At a camp site there are tents of two shades – one made with black fabric and the other
with white fabric. Which one will you prefer for resting on a hot summer afternoon? Give
reason for your choice. Would you like to prefer the same tent during winter?

15.Fill in the blanks:

a. A reliable measure of the hotness of an object is its___________________

b. The range of a clinical thermometer in Celsius scale is_____________________& in


Fahrenheit is_____________________________

c. The range of laboratory thermometer is_______________________


d. ____________________________thermometer does not use mercury.

e. Heat is transferred in liquids by________________________

f. We receive heat from sun by__________________________

g. Heat travels through solids by_________________________

h. The maximum and minimum temperatures of the previous day, reported in weather reports,
are measured by thermometer called the______________________thermometer.

16.The question below consists of an assertion and a Reason. Use the following key to choose
the appropriate answer.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(c) A is true but R is false.

(d) A is false but R is true.

1. Assertion (A) : Radiation is a method of transfer of heat.

Reason (R) : The process of heat transfer that does not require any medium is called
convection.

2. Assertion (A) : Temperature is a measure of degree of hotness of our body.

Reason (R): We use a clinical thermometer to measure the degree of hotness of our body.

3.Assertion(A) : Sea breeze refers to the movement of cold air from sea towards sea during
time.

Reason (R) : Land breeze refers to the movement of cold air from land towards sea during night
time.

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