Summative Assessment-1 2014-2015

Science
Class IX
Time allowed: 3 hours

Maximum Marks: 90

General Instructions:
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The question paper comprises of 36 questions.

All questions are compulsory.
There are no overall choice. However, internal choice has been provided in all the six
questions of five marks category. Only one option in such question is to be attempted.
Question numbers 1 to 12 are 1 marks questions. These are to be answered in one word
or in one sentence
Question numbers 13 to 18 are 2 marks questions. These are to be answered in about 30
words each.
Question numbers 19 to 30 are 3 marks questions. These are to answered in about 50
words each.
Question numbers 31 to 36 5 marks questions. These are to be answered in about 70
words each.

Which force accelerates a body in free fall?

Name the adulterant of Arhar (tuvar) dal
Write the name of any two substances that sublime.
Plant and animal cells observed under microscope. How will you differentiate between
them?
Where are the proteins synthesized inside the cell?
A student recorded the mass of dry raisins as 2g and mass of raisins after soaking is 3.8g. find
the percentage of water absorbed by raisins during the experiment.
Four Students were asked to add water to Chalk Powder, Milk, Sand and Oil. They were asked
in which sample there is no suspension when added to water.
A mixture of ammonium chloride and sodium chloride heated in the apparatus as shown
below. After the experiment at which place ammonium chloride will obtained?

9. When dil H 2 SO4 is added to zinc granules, identify what is observed?

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10. A wooden block is slided over a surface. A student puts weight on the block. What happens to
reading of spring balance?
11. A school Van accelerates uniformly and its velocity changes from 7 m/s to 23 m/s in time t.
Find is average velocity.
12. An automobile vehicle has a mass of 1500 kg. what must be the force between the vehicle
and road if the vehicle is to be stopped with a negative acceleration of 1.7ms 2 ?
13. Which separation techniques will you apply for the separation of the following?
a) Cream from Milk
b) Oil from water
c) Sodium chloride from its solution in water.
d) Tea leaves from tea.
Convert the following temperature to the Celsius scale
14. (i)
a) 293 K
b) 470 K
(ii)
Convert the following temperature to the Kelvin scale
a) 25C
b) 373C
15. Draw neat and clean labelled diagram of Neuron.
16. (i)
Who coined the term cell?
(ii)
Two cell organelle which have their own genetic material.
17. What is the importance of universal law of Gravitation?
18. A bridge is 500 m long. A 100 m long train crosses the bridge at a speed of 30 m/s. Find the
time taken by train to cross it.
19. What is crop rotation? Enumerate some difference between Mixed cropping and inter
cropping.
What type of tissue is bone?
20. (i)
(ii)
What is the hard matrix made up of?
(iii) Write the function of ligaments and tendons?
21. Draw neat and well labelled diagram of Prokaryotic cell.
22. Name A, B, C, D, E and F in the following diagram showing change in state.

23. One day when Heena was playing with her Mother cosmetics, she felt cold when liquid bottle
break and some liquid fall on her hand. She got worried. She wash suddenly her hand and ask
her Mother why she felt cold. Her mother gave her scientific explanation which satisfied her.

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Read the above passage and answer the following question

a) Can you guess what was that liquid?
b) Why Heena felt cool when liquid fall on her hand?
c) What values are shown by Heenas Mother?
24. A solution contains 40 g of common salt in 320 g in water. Calculate the concentration in
terms of mass by mass percentage of the solution.
25. Name the dispersed phase and dispersion medium in the following and type of colloid.
a) Fog
b) Milk
26. Give an example of exotic and indigenous breeds of the following
a) Poultry
b) Milk Cattle
c) Bees
27. The brakes applied to a car produce an acceleration of 6ms 2 in the opposite direction to the
motion. If the car takes 2s to stop after the application of brakes, calculate the distance
travels during this time.
28. Explain it:a) Why is it difficult for a fireman to held a hose which ejects large amount of water with
high velocity.
b) When a carpet is beated with a stick dust comes out of it.
29. Which of the following has more inertia?
a) A stone and rubber ball of same size.
b) A bicycle and a train
c) A five rupee coin and a one rupee coin
Give reasons for your answer.
30. If a ball is dropped from the top of a tower 80 m high, what is its velocity when it has covered
20 m? What would be its velocity when it hits the ground? ( g = 10ms 2 )
31. (i)

Differentiate between three states of water on the basis of the following properties:a) Intermolecular forces
b) Arrangement of Molecules
(ii)
Liquids generally have low density as compared to solids, but ice floats on water
explain in brief.
Or
State all the factors that affect the rate of evaporation of water. Discuss one by one how these
affect the rate of evaporation?
32. A group of student took an old shoe box and covered it with a black paper from all sides.
They fixed a source of light (a torch) at one end of the box by making a hole in it and made
another hole on the other side to view the light.
They placed a Milk sample contained in a beaker tumbler in the box. They were amazed to
see that milk taken in the tumbler was illuminated. They tried the same activity by taking salt
solution but found that light simply passed through it.
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a) Explain why the milk sample was illuminated. Name the phenomenon involved.
b) Same results were not observed with as salt solution. Explain.
c) Can you suggest two more solutions which would show the same as shown by the Milk
solution?
Or
a) State what are elements?
b) What are the three main types of elements?
c) Write a property of each type of element?
33. Draw and label a Plant Cell and write the main function of the following cell organelle:a) Chloroplast
b) Plasma Membrane
c) Cell wall
d) Lysosomes
Or
Two beakers A and B contain plain water and concentrated sugar solution respectively.
Equal numbers of dried raisins are kept in them for a new hours and them taken out
a) Explain the reason for the difference in the physical appearance of raisins which were
taken out of the two beakers.
b) On the basis of above observation categorise the two solutions as hypotonic and
hypertonic.
34. Describe the different kind of irrigation systems adopted in India.
Or
Enumerate some difference between
a) Inland Fishery and Marine Fishery
b) Boilers and Layers
c) Spraying and fumigation
35. (i)
The velocity time graph shows the motion of a cyclist. Find
a) Its acceleration
b) Its velocity
c) The distance covered by the cyclist in 15s.

(ii)
(iii)

Distinguish between speed and velocity

What does the odometer of an automobile measure?
Or

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(i)
(ii)
36. (i)
(ii)
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(ii)

Derive the equation for velocity time reaction with graphical method.
A bus decrease its speed from 80 km/h to 60 km/h in 5s. Find the acceleration of the
bus.
Name the property of bodies to resist a change in their velocity.
What is the relationship between force and acceleration.
What name is given to the product of mass and velocity of a body?
Which physical quantity corresponds to rate of change of momentum?
Name the Principle on which a rocket works.
Or
State Newtons third law of motion with example.
A Revolver of mass 500g, fires a bullet of mass 10g with a speed of 100m/s
Find:a) Momentum of the bullet
b) Initial momentum of revolver and revolver as a system
c) Recoil velocity of the revolver

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