Beaconhouse School System

Latifabad Secondary Branch

Marking key Assessment 2015 SCIENCE – VIII

Q1. Encircle the correct answer. [5]

a) ii b) iv c) iv d) iv e) iii
f) iii g) iv h) i i) ii j) iii
Q2 a) Suggest what you would change for a person who is suffering from scurvy. Give reason to support your answer . [2]
 Citrus fruit b/c of deficiency of vitamin-C.
 Avoid the chewable food due to bleeding gum.
 Use fruit having vitamin-k b/c to stop bleeding.
Q2 b) Suggest what you would change if the person is obese with heart problem. Give reason to support your answer . [2]
 Avoid or less sweets and oils due to obesity.
 Use of vegetable oils due to less cholesterol.
 Daily exercise b/c of obesity.
Q2 c) Why must fats and sweets are taken in less quantity? [1]
 b/c excessive fats and sweets are stored in body and person can be obese, diabetic and heart
patient.
Q.3 (a). Label the given diagram by the name of different organs. [3]
1) Oesophagous 2) Liver 3) Stomach
4) Large intestine 5) Small intestine 6) Rectum/ Anus
(b) What is peristalsis? [1]
 Wave like muscular movement of alimentary canal/ Esophagus/ GIT to propel the food from
during digestion.
(c) What is the function of gastric acid? [1]
 To kill bacteria and germs in the food.
Q4a) A child must take high amount of protein and calcium. [1]
 b/c of his or her body and bones growth and development.
b) An athlete needs plenty of glucose before his race. [1]
 b/c during race an athlete needs energy which comes from glucose.
Q5. Describe the role of Liver in the process of digestion. [1]
 Production and release of bile in small intestine to br
 eak large fat molecules into small fat droplets.
 To neutralize the pH of small intestine.
Q6. How is Physical digestion different from chemical digestion? [2]

Physical digestion chemical digestion

 Use of force  No use of force.
 No chemicals involvement  Chemicals (bile) & involvement
 Teeth and muscles of alimentary  Digestive Enzymes are used.
canal are used.
 No change or no new molecule is  New molecules are formed like maltose
formed. from starch.

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