Class 7 Science Chapter 1 Worksheet

In this post, we have covered the Nutrition in Plants worksheet. The worksheets provided contains fill-in-the-blanks, true or false and multiple-choice questions. Students can also download this worksheet in PDF format.

A. Fill in the blanks.

1. Animals are ___________ as they cannot synthesis their own food.

2. The ___________, of a plant, absorb water and minerals from the soil.

3. During photosynthesis plants take in ___________ and release ___________.

4. ___________ are the tiny pores through which leaves exchange gases.

5. Insect eating plants are called ___________ plants.

6. An essential raw material needed for the process of photosynthesis, and

(a) available in the soil is ___________.

(b) available in the air is ___________.

(7) Green plants are called __________ since they synthesise their own food.

(8) Plants are unable to use atmospheric__________

(9) Green patches in stagnant water are aquatic__________

(10) In most of green plants, photosynthesis takes place in the__________.

(11) Framers enrich the soil by adding __________ and__________.

(12) Proteins contain__________

(13) During photosynthesis plants take in _________ and release____________.

(14) _______________________________ plants have Rhizobium bacteria in their roots.

(15) In photosynthesis solar energy is captured by the pigment called__________

(16) The food synthesised by the plants is stored as__________

(17) During photosynthesis ___________________________ energy is converted into the _________________ energy of food.

(18) Leguminous plants are examples of _____________________ association.

(19) In lichena ______________ and _____________ live in symbotic association.

(20) The occurrence of photosynthesis is tested by the presence of _____________ in the leaf.

(21) During photosynthesis, __________ energy is captured by the leaves and stored as food.

True or False

  1. The food synthesized by the plants is stored as starch. 
  2. Plants take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere mainly through their leaves. 
  3. Solar energy is converted into electrical energy during photosynthesis. 
  4. Carbon dioxide is released during photosynthesis. 
  5. The starch is also a carbohydrate. 

Multiple choice questions (1 marks)

1. Amarbel is an example of –
(a) Autotroph
(b) Parasite
(c) Heterotroph
(d) Host

2. The plant which traps a feed on insects is-
(a) Cucuta
(b) Rose
(c) Pitcher plant
(d)sunflower


3. Which of these components of food can be synthesized by plants-?
(a)Carbohydrate
(b)Fats
(c)Proteins
(d)All of these


4. Which of these is/are necessary for photosynthesis to takes place-?
(a)Carbon dioxide
(b)Chlorophyll
(c)Water
(d)All of these

5. The trapped insect gets entangled in the hair in-
(a)Green plant
(b)Insectivorous plants
(c)Grass
(d)None of these

6.Green plants, that can synthesise their own food, are known as—
(a) Heterotrophs
(b) Parasite
(c) Autotrophs
(d) Saprotrophs

7. The food factory, of the plant, is its—
(a) root
(b) stem
(c) flower
(d) leaf

8. Which of the following is an insectivorous plant?
(a) Pitcher plant
(b) leguminous plant
(c) green plant
(d) Amarbel

9. Mushroom is an example of a/an—
(a) Saprotroph
(b) parasite
(c) autotroph
(d) insectivores

10. An organism, that fixes nitrogen in the soil, is—
(a) Mushroom
(b) Rhizobium
(c) Mucor
(d) Cuscuta

11.Pitcher plant traps insects because it
(a) is a heterotroph
(b) grows in soils which lack in nitrogen
(c) does not have chlorophyll
(d) has a digestive system like human beings. 

12.Which of the following raw materials is available in the air for photosynthesis?

(a) Oxygen
(b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Hydrogen

Very Short answer type questions (1 marks)

1.What are stomata?

2.Give an example of saprophyte?

3.What is a heterotroph?

4.Are birds autotrophs?

5.What is nutrition?

6.What are lichens?

7.Name the green pigment present in the leave?

8.Name the end product of photosynthesis?

9.Define autotrophs?

10.Write the word equation for photosynthesis?

11.Distinguish between autotrophs and heterotrophs?

12.Give an example of a partial parasitic plant?

13.Name the gas that is produced during photosynthesis?

14.Do leaves that do not appear green have chlorophyll?

15.What is meant by symbiotic relationship?

16.How do vessels help the roots of plants?

17.Write the equation for the process of photosynthesis.

18.Why some plants have red leaves or leaves with yellow patches?

19.Explain holozoic nutrition with examples.

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