IX SC Summer Holiday Assignment 2024

HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
SCIENCE
Q1. Give reasons:
1. Inner membrane of mitochondria is highly folded.
2. Chloroplast is known as a semi-autonomous organelle.
Q2. How are chromatin, chromatid and chromosomes related to each other?
Q3. What are the different type of cells based on nuclear material found inside?
Q4. Name two ways by which cell can divide. Differentiate between the two.
Q5. Differentiate between nucleus and nucleoid.
Q6. Study the speed-time graph of a
body given here and answer the
following questions:
(a) What type of motion is
represented by OA?
(b) What type of motion is
represented by AB?
(c) What type of motion is
represented by BC?
(d) Find out the acceleration of
the body.
(e) Calculate the retardation of the body.
(f) Find out the distance travelled by the body from A to B.
Q7. The velocity-time graph shows the motion of a cyclist.

Find (i) its acceleration (ii) its velocity and (iii) the
distance covered by the cyclist in 15 seconds.
Q8. The brakes applied to a car produce an acceleration of 6 m s−2 in the opposite
direction to the motion. If the car takes 2 s to stop after the application of brakes,
calculate the distance it travels during this time.
Q9. State with an example which of the following situations are possible.
a) An object with a constant acceleration and zero velocity.
b) An object moving with acceleration but with uniform speed.
c) An object moving in a particular direction with acceleration in the
perpendicular direction.
Q10. What are the uses of a distance-time graph?

Q11. If a stone is released from the top of tower and reach after 4 seconds. Calculate
the height of tower.(a=g=10 m/s ²)
Q12. Derive first equation of kinematics.
Q13. a) Give the second equation of motion and explain each term in it.
b) A car moves with constant speed of 10 m/s . The driver accelerates the car at
the rate of 2 m/s ² for 5 seconds. Calculate total distance travelled by that car.
Q14. What is the difference between uniform velocity and non- uniform velocity?
Q15. The data regarding the motion of two different objects P and Q is given in the
following table. Examine them carefully and state whether the motion of the
objects is uniform or non-uniform.
Q16. Given below is the velocity-

time graph for the motion of
the car. What does the nature
of the graph show ? Also find
the acceleration of the car.
Q17. The graph given below shows the

positions of a body at different times.
Calculate the speed of the body as it
moves from
(i) A to B
(ii) B to C and
(iii) C to D.
Q18. Name two conditions favourable for converting

a) Liquid to gas
b) Gas to solid
c) What names are given to the above processes?
Q19. Why do gases diffuse easily?
Q20. Convert the following temperature to kelvin scale.
a) 200ºC b) 350ºC c) -25ºC d) -175ºC
Q21. (a) Define latent heat of vaporisation.
(b) Give reasons for the following: You feel cold when you pour some nail polish remover
on your palm.
(c) Explain: During summer, sitting under a fan makes us comfortable.
Q22. Kinetic energy of particles of water in three vessels A, B and C are EA, EB and
EC respectively and EA > EB > EC. Arrange the temperatures, TA, TB and TC of water in the
three vessels in increasing order.
Q23. Why are gases compressible but not liquids?
Q24. Alka was making tea in a kettle. Suddenly she felt intense heat from the puff of steam
gushing out of the spout of the kettle. She wondered whether the temperature of the
steam was higher than that of the water boiling in the kettle. Comment.
Q25. Why does the temperature of a substance remain constant during its melting point or
boiling point?
Q26. A glass tumbler containing hot water is kept in the freezer compartment of a refrigerator
(temperature <0°C). If you could measure the temperature of the content of the tumbler,
which of the following graphs would correctly represent the change in its temperature as
a function of time?
Q27. Non-metals are usually poor conductors of heat and electricity. They are non-lustrous,
non-sonorous, non-malleable and are coloured.
(a) Name a lustrous non-metal.
(b) Name a non-metal which exists as a liquid at room temperature.
(c) The allotropic form of a non-metal is a good conductor of electricity. Name the
allotrope.
(d) Name a non-metal which is known to form the largest number of compounds.
(e) Name a non-metal other than carbon which shows allotropy.
(f) Name a non-metal which is required for combustion.
Q28. Classify the following into metals, non-metals and metalloids:

(i) Germanium (ii) Boron (iii) Diamond (iv) Iodine (v) Copper (vi) Helium.
Q29. Write five points of difference between metals and non metals
Q30. Substance ‘A’ has high compressibility and can be easily liquefied. It can take up the
shape of any container. Predict the nature of the substance. Enlist four properties of this
state of matter.

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Q7. The velocity-time graph shows the motion of a cyclist.

Q10. What are the uses of a distance-time graph?

Q16. Given below is the velocity-

Q17. The graph given below shows the

Q18. Name two conditions favourable for converting

Q28. Classify the following into metals, non-metals and metalloids:

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