PORTFOLIO Assignment Class 9 (1)
PORTFOLIO Assignment Class 9 (1)
Chemistry
Q1. Why does temperature of a substance remain constant during its melting or boiling?
Q2. Why does naphthalene ball disappear with time without leaving any residue?
Q3. What produces more severe burns, boiling water or steam?
Q4. How are sol, solution and suspension different from each other?
Q5. What are pure substances? Give examples.
Q6. The electronic configuration of an element X is 2,8,8,2.
(a) Find the number of electrons present in X
(b) Write the atomic number of X
(c) Identify whether X is metal or non-metal.
(d) Find the valency of X
Q7. Write names of two elements whose isotopes are used in the field of medicine.
Q8. Do isobars belong to same element? Explain.
Q9. Calculate the molecular mass of H20, HNO3, H2SO4.
Q10. Write the chemical formula of Magnesium chloride, Magnesium hydroxide,
Sodium sulphide, Calcium carbonate, Ammonium chloride.
Q11. What is the drawback of Rutherford’s Atomic Model?
Q12. Draw a sketch of Bohr’s model of atom with four shells.
Q13. Explain Bohr-Bury scheme for distribution of electrons in an atom.
Q14. Explain the following with examples: Isotopes, Isobars, Atomic Number, Atomic
Mass.
Q15. If bromine atom is available in the form of say, two isotopes 7935Br (49.7%) and 8135Br
(50.3%), calculate the average atomic mass of bromine atom.
Q16. Composition of the nuclei of two atomic species X and Y are given as under
X Y
Protons = 6 6
Neutrons = 6 8
Give the mass number of X and Y. What is the relation between the two species?
Q17. The average atomic mass of a sample of an element X is 16.2 u. What are the
percentages of isotopes 168X and 188X in the sample?
Q18. Write the electronic configuration of Al3+, O2-, Ca2+
Q19. Find the number of Electrons, Protons and Neutrons in C-12, C-13, C-14.
Q20. What are Valence electrons? Explain with an example.
Physics
Q1. An athlete completes one round of a circular track of diameter 200 m in 40 s. What
will be the distance covered and displacement at the end of 2 minutes 20 s?
Q2. Why is the motion of an athlete moving along a circular path considered to be
accelerated?
Q3. Distinguish between balanced and unbalanced forces.
Q4. Explain inertia due to rest and inertia due to motion.
Q5. The gravitational force between two objects is F. If the masses of both the objects
are halved without changing the distance between them then calculate the gravitational
force.
Q6. Why it is difficult to hold a school bag having a strap made of thin and strong string?
Q7. Derive an expression for the kinetic energy of an object. When velocity of a body is
increased 3 times, what is the change in its kinetic energy?
Q8. The volume of 50 g of a substance is 20 cm³. If the density of water is 1 g/cm³, will
the substance float or sink?
Q9. State Archimedes’ Principle. Also, write any three applications of it.
Q10. Differentiate between echo and reverberation.
Q11. State laws of Reflection of sound.
Q12. What are wavelength, frequency, time period and amplitude of a sound wave ?
Q13. Calculate the wavelength of a sound wave whose frequency is 220 Hz and speed
is 440 m/s in a given medium.
Q14. Why are the ceilings of concert halls curved ?
Q15. A person makes a sound near a cliff and heard the echo after 1 s. What is the
distance of obstacle from the person if the speed of the sound is taken as 346 m/s?
Q16. Certain force acting on a 20 kg mass changes its velocity from 5 m/s to 2 m/s.
Calculate the work done by the force.
Q17. What do you mean by buoyancy?
Q18.Why will a sheet of paper fall slower than one that is crumpled into a ball?
Q19. The volume of a 500 g sealed packet is 350 cm3. Will the packet float or sink in
water if the density of water is 1 g cm−3? What will be the mass of the water displaced by
this packet?
Q20. A sound wave has frequency of 2 kHz and wavelength of 35 cm. How long will it
take to travel 1.5 km?