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Class VII
Subject General Science
Chapter 7
Water, water every where

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SHORT Q/A
Q1. What is fresh water?

A. FRESH WATER
The water which does not contain salt is called fresh water.
SOURCES OF FRESH WATER
Mostly fresh water comes from
a) Lakes
b) rivers
c) wells
d) bore holes etc

Q2. How water is supplied to common people?

A. SUPPLY OF WATER
i) Some people get their water from stream or wells.
ii) While other people who are living in cities and towns get their
water from lakes, rivers and reservoirs.
Q3. Why distilled water is not really suitable for drinking?

A. REASON
Distilled water is not suitable for drinking because;
i) It has a flat taste.
ii) It has lack of some important minerals that the body needs.

Q4. Name the pollutants which find their way into rivers, streams etc.

A. POLLUTANTS FOUND IN RIVERS AND STREAM ETC

i) Waste papers
ii) Old cans
iii) Plastic bags
iv) Waste poisonous chemicals from factories
v) Poisonous metals such as mercury
vi) Excess fertilizers
vii) Chemical pesticides

HOME WORK Q/A

Q1. What is a glacier?
 A. GLACIER
A large mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain valley is
called glacier.

Q2. Write four properties of water.

A. PROPERTIES OF WATER
Water may appear to be just a
i) Colorless, odorless liquid
ii) It is tasteless
iii) It has no shape.
iv) It adopts the shape of the container.

Q3. Name the different steps involved in water treatment.

A. STEPS INVOLVED IN WATER TREATMENT

1) Coagulation
2) Sedimentation
3) Filtration
4) Chlorination
5) Storage
Q4. Name the diseases which are caused by untreated sewage.

A. a) WATER BORNE DISEASES

i) Polio
ii) Hepatitis
iii) Cholera
iv) Typhoid

b) WATER WASHED DISEASES

i) Trachoma ( eye disease)

c) WATER RELATED DISEASES

i) Bilharzia or schistosomiasis.

LONG Q/A
Q1. What are the uses of water in our daily life?

A. USES OF WATER
 These are following:
1) DOMESTIC PURPOSE
We use water for

i) Washing
ii) Bathing
iii) Drinking
iv) Cooking
v) Toilet flushing

2) INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE
In industry water is used for

i) Manufacturing of different things.

ii) For making of large machinery.

3) AGRICULTURE PURPOSE
In agriculture water is used for
i) Farming
ii) Irrigation
4) HYDRO POWER STATION
In hydro power station water is used for
i) Making electricity
ii) To make steam

5) LEISURE ACTIVITY
In leisure activities water is used for
i) Swimming
ii) Boating

6) CONSTRUCTION
Large amount of water is used for
i) Making buildings
ii) Cements, concrete etc
 7) MANUFACTURING OF GASES
Water is used for making different gases for example

i) Hydrogen
ii) Oxygen

Q2. Explain why the water in the oceans and seas always salty?

A. REASON OF SALINITY
i) VOLCANO ERRUPTION
Water of oceans and seas became salty by adding gases and lava
from the increased of volcano activities.
 ii) FORMATION OF IONS
iii) CO2 dissolve in water from the atmosphere form carbonic acid
which dissolves minerals and when mineral dissolves they form
ions which make the water salty.

iv) SALTS COMES FROM ROCKS

When rain fall, it dissolve some of the salts in the rocks, rivers and
streams dissolves even more of the salts and carry it down to the
seas.

Q3. What is the difference between sewage and sewer? How the sewage
in the sea harmful?

A. DIFFERENCES
 SEWAGE SEWER
i) Sewage is a waste water Sewage is carried through large
comes from homes, underground pipes and
shops etc channels called sewer.

ii) Sewage consists of dirty Sewer system consists of pipes

water and other kinds of and underground tunnels etc.
water which comes from
community.

BAD EFFECTS OF SEWAGE IN THE SEAS

i) It gives unpleasant smell to the water.
ii) It is unpleasant to look it.
iii) It contains many germs which cause different diseases like
typhoid, cholera and stomach diseases etc.
iv) Some of the substance in the sewage makes algae to grow rapidly
which prevent the sunlight to enter into the water as a result
aquatic plants and animals died.
v) The algae also using up all the oxygen leaving little for aquatic
organisms which effects its respiratory system.
Q.4What is the difference between distillation and desalination? Write two
uses of distillation.

A. DIFFERENCE

DISTILLATION DESALINATION
i) The purification method The removal of salts from sea
of water by passing water by heating to get pure
through different states water is called desalination.
i-e boiling and cooling.
It is a man-made process.
ii) It is a natural process.

TWO USES OF DISTILLATION

i) It is used to purify water for medical purpose.
ii) It is used in infusion in body.
Q5. Suggest some ways by which we can reduce the amount of water we
use?

A. TAKING CARE OF WATER

There are some ways by which we can reduce the amount of water
that we use
i) Clean your teeth from a tumbler of water rather than a tap.
ii) Wash the car with a bucket of water, rather than a hose.
iii) During a bath use shower because it saves water as well energy.
iv) Collect and store rain water and use it for watering plants, washing
cars and for other jobs where drinking water is not necessary
v) Do not waste food because large amount of water are needed to
produce all of the food we eat.
vi) Do not drop litter anywhere
vii) Do not pour waste oil, or any other harmful chemicals, down the
drain
viii) Save water in dry weather
ix) If you are out in the country , do not go to the toilet anywhere near
stream, ditch, lake etc
x) Reuse or recycle as many objects and materials this save water
and energy supplies.
DIAGRAM
Draw and label the diagram of distilling sea water

MCQS
Shade the correct circle;

1) About ________% of body weight is water.

○ 60 ○70 ○80

2) Every day we need to drink about _________litres of water.

○2 ○3 ○4

3) _________ of the earth is covered by water.

○Two-third ○One-forth ○Three-quarters

4) The special type of watering from rivers, lakes and wells to the field is
called________

○canal system ○irrigation ○rain water

5) The largest sea of the world is ___________

○ South China sea ○ Arabian sea ○ Black sea

6) The Tarbela dam and reservoir were completed in__________

○1966 ○1976 ○1986

7) In coagulation, the raw water is mixed with__________

○Alum and lime ○Lime and chlorine ○Flourine and chlorine

8) _________ is added to water to prevent tooth decay.

○Chloride ○Fluoride ○Bromide

9) The average rain fall in Pakistan is under ____________ mm

○240 ○250 ○260

10) The digested slugs is spread on farmland, where it acts as

a____________

○heat ○fertilizer ○sewage

11) Every day, about __________ children die from diseases spread by
drinking or using bad water.

○700 ○1700 ○7000

12) The ______ worms cause many symptoms including bleeding, pain,
fever etc

○Earth ○Parasitic ○Ring

13) In Pakistan, river levels have dropped by two-third in the last_________

years.

○20 ○30 ○40

14) There were about _____ desalination plants around the world.

○15,200 ○12,500 ○12000

15) __________ is one of the main causes of blindness.

○Trachoma ○Diarrhea ○schistosomiasis

16) One of the worst water related disease is__________

○Trachoma ○Diarrhea ○Schistosomiasis