Guru Gobind Singh Public School, Hoshiarpur
Holiday Homework
(Session:2025-2026)
Grade : IX
Subject: Science
Instructions:
1. Do this worksheet on your fair class notebook.
2. The experiments mentioned are supposed to be written on Science lab manual.
CHEMISTRY
Part A. Multiple Choice Question.
1. Seema visited a Natural Gas Compressing Unit and found that the gas can be liquefied under specific
conditions of temperature and pressure. While sharing her experience with friends she got confused. Help her to
identify the correct set of conditions
a) Low temperature, Low pressure b) High temperature, Low pressure
c) Low temperature, High pressure d) High temperature, High pressure
2. The boiling points of diethyl ether, acetone and n-butyl alcohol are 35°C, 56°C and 118°C respectively.
Which one of the following correctly represents their boiling points in Kelvin scale?
a) 306 K, 329 K, 391 K b) 308 K, 329 K, 392 K
c) 308 K, 329 K, 391 K d) 329 K, 392 K, 308 K
3. Which condition out of the following will increase the evaporation of water?
a) Increase in temperature of water b) Decrease in temperature of water
c) Less exposed surface area of water d) Adding common salt to water
4. When water solidifies to ice, then heat is
a) Absorbed b) Evolved c) Maybe evolved or absorbed d) No change in heat
5. Dry ice is an example of _________ process.
a) Evaporation b) Crystallisation c) Sublimation d) Purification
Part B. Assertion-Reason Type Questions.
For the following questions, two statements are given- One labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of the assertion.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
1. Assertion: Solids do not diffuse in air.
Reason: The particles of solids are closely packed.
2. Assertion: When common salt is added to water, there will be no change in volume.
Reason: Particles of common salt occupy inter particle spaces present in water.
3. Assertion: A gas fills the vessel completely.
Reason: The inter particles forces in gases are strongest.
4. Assertion: Evaporation is a surface phenomenon.
Reason: Particles of a liquid lose energy and leave the surface.
5. Assertion: The temperature of water remains constant during evaporation.
Reason: Liquid water on heating, changes to water vapour.
Part C. Question-Answers.
1. How do evaporation and boiling differ? Explain.
2. Compare the three states of matter in the terms of
i) Compressibility ii) Density iii) Energy of molecules
3. What is evaporation? Discuss three factors on which evaporation depends.
4. When a solid melts, its temperature remains constant. Why?
5. Read the following passage and answer the questions:
A substance may exist in any of the three states of matter i.e. solid, liquid and gas, depending upon the
conditions of temperature and pressure. These three states of matter have different types of intermolecular
forces and therefore, have different properties such as shape, density, fluidity, diffusion, compressibility, etc.
The states of matter are interconvertible. These changes can be brought about by changing temperature and
pressure. The heat energy required to change the state of a substance is called latent heat.
i) The physical state of a liquid X at room temperature of 25°C (boiling point 95°C and melting point 10°C)
(a) Solid (b) Liquid (c) Gas (d) Maybe liquid or solid
ii) The substances: water, sugar and nitrogen are arranged in the decreasing order of intermolecular forces as
(a) Nitrogen > Sugar > Water (b) Sugar > Nitrogen > Water
(c) Water > Sugar > Nitrogen (d) Sugar > Water > Nitrogen
iii) The process of change of a solid directly into gaseous state without changing into liquid is called
(a) Condensation (b) Fusion (c) Sublimation (d) Evaporation
Part D. Experiments (On Lab Manual)
1. Experiment No. 8: Determination of the melting point of ice and boiling point of water.
2. Experiment No. 6: Preparation of mixture and compound and distinguish between these on basis of some
properties.
BIOLOGY
Part A. SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS:
1. Differentiate between the following:
a) Prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell
b) Animal cell and plant cell
c) Diffusion and osmosis
d) Plasma membrane and cell wall
e) Unicellular and multicellular organisms
f) Mitosis and meiosis
g) Mitochondria and chloroplast
2. Draw well labelled diagrams of the following:
a) Prokaryotic cell
b) Animal cell
c) Plant cell
3. Complete the table given below:
Sr. No Cell Organelle Structure Location Functions
1. RER
2. SER
3. Golgi Complex
4. Lysosomes
5. Vacuole
Part B. Experiments (On Lab Manual)
1. Experiment No. 4: Preparation of stained temporary mounts of (a) onion peel, (b) human cheek cells & to
record observations and draw their labeled diagrams.
2. Experiment No 5: Identification of Parenchyma, Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma tissues in plants, striped,
Smooth and cardiac muscle fibers and nerve cells in animals, from prepared slides. Draw their labeled
diagrams.
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PHYSICS
PART A
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1. An object is dropped from rest at a height of 150 m and simultaneously another object is dropped from rest at
a height 100 m. What is the difference in their heights after 2 s if both the objects drop with same accelerations?
How does the difference in heights vary with time?
2. An object starting from rest travels 20 m in first 2 s and 160 m in next 4 s. What will be the velocity after 7 s
from the start.
3. Using following data, draw time - displacement graph for a moving object:
Use this graph to find average velocity for first 4 s, for next 4 s and for last 6 s.
4. An electron moving with a velocity of 5 × 104 m s-1 enters into a uniform electric field and acquires a
uniform acceleration of 104 m s–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. (ii) How much distance the electron would cover
in this time?
5. Obtain a relation for the distance travelled by an object moving with a uniform acceleration in the interval
between 4th and 5th seconds.
6.
PART-B (On Lab Manual)
Experiment 7. Verification of the Laws of reflection of sound.
Experiment 10. Determination of the speed of a pulse propagated through a stretched string/slinky (helical
spring).
