HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

CLASS IX (2024-2025)
GENERAL SCIENCE

1) Practice Worksheet 3 and 4 (Based on graphical representation of motion, equations of

motion and uniform circular motion). Worksheets have been attached in this file.
2) Explain how physics is involved in sports, dance and sound of various musical
instruments by taking two examples for each case. Do this in your physics home
assignment notebook.
3) Revise Ch-7 (Motion) for Periodic Test- I.

CHEMISTRY
1) Rinse two small pieces of cloth /handkerchiefs in water and do the following:
a) At a same place, spread one piece of cloth to dry it and other just keep it on the rope
without spreading it.
b) Spread one of the cloths in sunlight and the other in normal room
c) Spreadone of the cloths in room where fan is working & the other in some corner
where fan’s breeze cannot reach.
Note the time taken by both the clothes to dry up completely and conclude
your observations with the factors affecting the rate of evaporation in each
case.(click pictures in all the cases )
2) Learn names and symbols of elements from atomic number 1 to 20.
3) Do the worksheet-II of chapter 1 (based on selected exemplar questions) in the
chemistry register.
Prepare Chapter 1 thoroughly for Periodic Test

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BIOLOGY

1) Do the worksheet of chapter 5 (The fundamental unit of life) in biology note book

2) ACTIVITY -1
a) Activity Growth in Meristematic tissue. Take two glasses and fill them with
water. Take two onions and place one on each glass

b) Observe the growth of roots in both the onions for a few days and record
the length of the root on Day 1,2, and 3.
c) On day 4, cut the root tips of onion in glass B by about 2 cm, and observe
the growth of root of both onions and record the length of the root for the
next 3 days.

ANSWER THE GIVEN QUESTIONS (IN YOUR BIOLOGY NOTEBOOK)

1. Which of the two onions has longer roots. Why?

2. Do the roots continue growing even after we have removed their tips?
3. Why would the tips stop growing in glass B after we cut them
4. Is there any plant which doesn’t have meristematic tissue?

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Activity- 2

Make model of different types of cells. Material required- Big coloured beads, and
thread.

1. Weave beads to make different parts of a neuron.

2. Weave beads in circle to make the cell body.
3. Bind all the parts together as shown in picture.

ANSWER THE GIVEN QUESTIONS (IN YOUR BIOLOGY NOTE BOOK )

2. What is the function of neuron?

How is it different from other cells?

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 ART INTEGRATED PROJECT. – LAKSHADWEEP, ANDAMAN &
NICOBAR ISLANDS

Prepare a research project on any one of the lagoons/characteristics island

of Lakshadweep or Andaman &Nicobar Islands in the following format:
● The first page of the project is to be a cover page with basic details I.e. Names
of all the team members, class, section, Team no., topic of the project etc.
● The second page is to be the introduction of the lagoon/characteristics island
you have chosen to research upon.
● 3rd, 4th and 5th page of the project are to include any physics, chemistry
(such as chemical composition of any endemic item or availability of any
particular element/compound etc. )and biology (such as flora & fauna ) related
aspect of the place .
● The last page of the project is to be the conclusion based upon your
observations and research done.
● The project is to be prepared on A-4 sheets and to be submitted in a proper
folder.
● This is a group project. A group of five children will work on this together. The
details of the team members will be shared by your respective science compiler.
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This project carries weightage in the internal assessment of this subject.
This project will be performed by a group of 5 students.

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 PRACTICE WORKSHEET 3
CLASS 9 (PHYSICS)
CHAPTER-MOTION
(Topic – Graphical representation of motion)

1. From the given v-t graph, it can be inferred that the object is

(a) in uniform motion (b) at rest

(c) in non-uniform motion (d) moving with uniform acceleration

2. Area under a v – t graph represents a physical quantity which has the unit
(a) m2 (b) m (c) m3 (d) m s–1

3. Four cars, A, B, C and D, are moving on a levelled road. Their distance

versus time graphs are shown. Choose the correct statement.

(a) Car A is faster than car D.

(b) Car B is the slowest.
(c) Car D is faster than car C.
(d) Car C is the slowest.

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4. A student draws a distance-time graph for a moving scooter and
finds that a section of the graph is a horizontal line parallel to the
time axis. Which of the following conclusion is correct about this
section of the graph?

(a) The scooter has uniform speed in this section

(b) The distance travelled by scooter is the maximum in this section

(c) The distance travelled by scooter is the minimum in this section

(d) The distance travelled by scooter is zero in this section

5. In the speed-time graph for a moving car given here, the part which
indicates uniform deceleration

(a) DE (b) BC (c) CD (d) AB

6. What type of motion is represented by each one of the following graphs?

7. Draw a velocity versus time graph of a stone thrown vertically upwards

and then coming downwards after attaining the maximum height.

8. What does the slope of the distance-time graph indicate?

9. What does the slope of the speed-time graph indicate?

10. The velocity-time graph for part of a train journey is a horizontal straight
line.
What does this tell you about
(a) the train’s velocity, and
(b) its acceleration?
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11. Using the following data, draw time-displacement graph for a moving object:

Use this graph to find the average velocity for the first 4 s, for the next 4 s
and for the last 6 s.

12. Rajiv goes to school in his car every day. He records his observations
in the speedometer after every 10s and plots a Velocity -Time graph
as given below

a) For what time interval is the car accelerating? Also calculate distance
travelled during this time interval. (Ans: 300m)
b) Did the car move at a constant speed for any time interval during the
journey? If yes, for what time interval? Calculate the distance travelled during
this time interval.
c) After how much time does the car come to rest? (Ans: 42s)
d) Calculate the retardation of the car?

13. The graph given below shows how the speed of a car changes with time:

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 (a) What is the initial speed of the car?
(b) What is the maximum speed attained by the car?
(c) Which part of the graph shows zero acceleration?
(d) Which part of the graph shows varying retardation?
(e) Find the distance travelled in first 8 hours? (Ans: 242.5 km)

14. Draw a velocity-time graph to show the following motion:

A car accelerates uniformly from rest for 5s; then it travels at a steady
velocity for 5s.

15. A body is moving uniformly in a straight line with a velocity of 5m/s.

Find graphically the distance covered by it in 5s. (Ans: 25m)

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 PRACTICE WORKSHEET 4
CLASS 9 (PHYSICS)
CHAPTER- MOTION
(Topic – Equations of motion and Uniform Circular Motion)

1. A body is thrown vertically upward with velocity u, the greatest height h to

which it will rise is,
(a) u/g (b) u2/2g (c) u2/g (d) u/2g

2. Suppose a boy is enjoying a ride on a merry-go-round which is moving at a

constant speed of 10 m/s. It implies that the boy is
(a) at rest (b) moving with no acceleration
(c) in accelerated motion (d) moving with uniform velocity
3. A particle revolves around a circular path. The velocity of the particle is
(a) Along the circumference of the circle (b) Along the tangent
(c) Along the radius (d) Zero

4. A stone released with zero velocity from the top of a tower, reaches ground in
4s. The height of the tower is about
(a) 20m (b) 40m (c) 80m (d) 160m

5. When displacement made is directly proportional to the time, object is said

to travel with
(a) Zero velocity (b) Constant speed
(c) Uniform Velocity (d) Constant Acceleration

6. How will the equations of motion for an object moving with a uniform
velocity change?

7. A car starts from rest and moves along the x-axis with a constant
acceleration of 5m/s2 for 8 seconds. If it then continues with constant
velocity, what distance will the car cover in 12 seconds since it started from
the rest? (Ans: 320 m)
8. An electron moving with a velocity of 5 × 104 m/s enters into a uniform
electric field and acquires a uniform acceleration of 104 ms-2 in the direction
of its initial motion.
(i) Calculate the time in which the electron would acquire a velocity double
of its initial velocity. (Ans: 5s)
(ii) How much distance would the electron cover in this time?
(Ans: 37.5 × 104 m)
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9. Two stones are thrown vertically upwards simultaneously with their initial
velocities u1 and u2, respectively. Prove that the heights reached by them
would be in the ratio of u1² : u2².

10. A car is travelling at 20m/s along a road. A child runs out into the road 50 m
ahead and the car driver steps on the brake pedal. What must the car’s
deceleration be if the car is to stop just before it reaches the child? (Ans:
4 m/s2)

11. What is meant by uniform circular motion? Give two examples of uniform
circular motion.

12. Name the force which brings about uniform circular motion.

13. The tip of seconds’ hand of a clock takes 60 seconds to move once on the
circular dial of the clock. If the radius of the dial of the clock be 10.5 cm,
calculate the speed of the tip of the seconds’ hand of the clock. (Given,
π = 22/7 ) (Ans: 0.011 m/s)
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14. A satellite goes round the earth in a circular orbit with constant speed. Is the
motion uniform or accelerated? Justify.

15. A motor cycle moving with a speed of 5 m/s is subjected to an acceleration

of 0.2m/s2. Calculate the speed of the motor cycle after 10s, and the distance
it travels during this time. (Ans: 7 m/s and
60m)

16. A car is travelling along the road at 8m/s. It accelerates at 1 m/s2for a

distance of 18m. How fast is it travelling then? (Ans: 10 m/s)

17. If a stone throws upward with velocity 10 m/s then calculate maximum
height gain by that stone. ( g= 10 m/s²) (Ans: 5m)

18. A bike can accelerate from rest to 28 m/s in only 4 s.

(a) What is average acceleration? (Ans: 7m/s2)
(b) What distance does it travel in that time? (Ans: 56m)

19. A cyclist goes once round a circular track of diameter 105m in 5 minutes.
Calculate his speed. (Ans: 1.1 m/s)

20. A body starts to slide over a horizontal surface with an initial velocity of 0.5
m/s. Due to friction, its velocity decreases at the rate of 0.05 m/s2. How
much time will it take for the body to stop. (Ans: 10s)

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 HAPPY
HOLIDAYS

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