Untreated human excreta is a health haza | Class 7 Science Chapter Wastewater Story, Wastewater Story NCERT Solutions

Study the following statements about ozone:
(a) It is essential for breathing of living organisms.
(b) It is used to disinfect water.
(c) It absorbs ultraviolet rays.
(d) Its proportion in air is about 3%.

Which of these statements are correct?
(i) (a), (b) and (c)
(ii) (b) and (c)
(iii) (a) and (d)
(iv) All four

Here is a crossword puzzle: Good luck!

Across
3. Liquid waste products
4. Solid waste extracted in sewage treatment
6. A word related to hygiene
8. Waste matter discharged from human body

Down
1. Used water
2. A pipe carrying sewage
5. Micro-organisms which causes cholera
7. A chemical to disinfect water

Fill in the blanks:

(a) Cleaning of water is a process of removing ____________.
(b) Wastewater released by houses is called ____________.
(c) Dried ____________ is used as manure.
(d) Drains get blocked by ____________ and ____________.

Explain the function of bar screens in a wastewater treatment plant.

Outline your role as an active citizen in relation to sanitation.

Name two chemicals used to disinfect water.

Describe the steps involved in getting clarified water from wastewater.

What is sewage? Explain why it is harmful to discharge untreated sewage into rivers or seas.

What is sludge? Explain how it is treated.

Explain the relationship between sanitation and disease.

Classify the changes involved in the following processes as physical or chemical changes:
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Dissolving sugar in water
(c) Burning of coal
(d) Melting of wax
(e) Beating aluminium to make aluminium foil
(f ) Digestion of food

Given below is a crossword puzzle based on this lesson. Use hints to fill in the blank spaces with letters that complete the words.
Down                                               Across
(D) 1 : Thorough washing           (A) 1 : Keeps warm
      2 : Animal fibre                            2 : Its leaves are eaten by silkworms
      3 : Long thread like structure      3 : Hatches from egg of moth

Sketch the cross section of soil and label the various layers.

Solve the following crossword puzzle with the clues given:

Across
2. Plantation prevents it.
5. Use should be banned to avoid soil pollution.
6. Type of soil used for making pottery.
7. Living organism in the soil.

Down
1. In desert soil erosion occurs through.
3. Clay and loam are suitable for cereals like.
4. This type of soil can hold very little water.
5. Collective name for layers of soil.

Take three test-tubes. Fill æth of each with water. Label them A, B and C. Keep a snail in test-tube A, a water plant in test-tube B and in C, keep snail and plant both. Which test-tube would have the highest concentration of CO₂?

Sketch the reproductive parts of a flower.

Describe how crystals of copper sulphate are prepared.

Why does an athlete breathe faster and deeper than usual after finishing the race?

Write one similarity and one difference between the nutrition in amoeba and human beings.

Match the following :
(i) Land breeze blows during                                  (a) summer
(ii) Sea breeze blows during                                   (b) winter
(iii) Dark coloured clothes are preferred during      (c) day
(iv) Light coloured clothes are preferred during      (d) night

What are the components of blood?

Name the source from which litmus solution is obtained. What is the use of this solution?

Classify the following as motion along a straight line, circular or oscillatory motion:

(i) Motion of your hands while running.
(ii) Motion of a horse pulling a cart on a straight road.
(iii) Motion of a child in a merry-go-round.
(iv) Motion of a child on a see-saw.
(v) Motion of the hammer of an electric bell.
(vi) Motion of a train on a straight bridge.

Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II:
Column I                          Column II
Chlorophyll                       Bacteria
Nitrogen                            Heterotrophs
Amarbel                            Pitcher plant
Animals                             Leaf
Insects                              Parasite

How do elephant living in the tropical rainforest adapt itself?

Out of the following, which are the two terms related to silk production? Sericulture, floriculture, moriculture, apiculture and silviculture.

Hints:
(i) Silk production involves cultivation of mulberry leaves and rearing silkworms.
(ii) Scientific name of mulberry is Morus alba.

A simple pendulum takes 32 s to complete 20 oscillations. What is the time period of the pendulum?

Describe how crystals of copper sulphate are prepared.

The gas we use in the kitchen is called liquified petroleum gas (LPG). In the cylinder it exist as a liquid. When it comes out from the cylinder it
becomes a gas (Change – A) then it burns (Change – B). The following statements pertain to these changes. Choose the correct one.

(i) Process – A is a chemical change.
(ii) Process – B is a chemical change.
(iii) Both processes A and B are chemical changes.
(iv) None of these processes is a chemical change.

Can we survive only on raw, leafy vegetables/grass? Discuss.