NEO CONVENT SR. SEC.

SCHOOL, PASCHIM VIHAR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - IX
UNIT TEST (30-07-18)
TIME: 3pds MM: 40
• General Instructions:
• All questions are compulsory.
• Take care of units, marks will be deducted for not writing the proper units.
• Diagrams should be made with pencil and it is properly labelled (wherever it is required).
• Avoid excessive cuttings in your paper it will lead to deduction of marks.

1. Why doctors advise to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person having high temperature?1
2. Inspite of being solid, a sponge is compressible. Give reason.1
3. (a) A certain substance ‘A’ can be compressed to a little extent but takes up the shape of any
container in which it is placed. What is the physical state of 'A'?
(b)A certain substance ‘B’ can be compressed easily and takes up the shape of any container in
which it is placed. What is the physical state of 'B'?1
4. What are the different physical states of water at—(a) 0°C (b) 100°C ?1
5. What is the acceleration of Anil, if he is moving with uniform velocity?1
6. What happens when:
(a) A Red blood cell is placed in hypotonic solution.
(b) An onion cell is place in hypertonic solution.1
7. A small quantity of a gas is let into a large evacuated chamber. How much of the chamber gets filled
with gas and why? 1
8. List any four characteristics of meristematic tissues. 1
9. What can cause more severe burns, boiling water or steam and why? 1
10. Convert 27 degrees Celsius into kelvin and 27 kelvin into degree Celsius. 1
11. Which organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell? Why? 1
12. Explain why there is no rise in temperature of water when it starts boiling although it is still being
heated. 1
13. Identify the specific motion in the following graphs :

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14. Write the observation when you put a crystal of potassium permanganate:
(a) Hot water (b) Cold water . Give reason for your observations.
 15. Find the total displacement of the body from the following graph:

16. The speedometer readings of a car are shown below. Find the acceleration of the car and its
displacement.2
Time Speedometer
9:25 am 36 km/h
9:45 am 72 km/h
17. Name the following:
(a) Tissue that forms the inner lining of our mouth.
(b) Tissue that is present in ducts of salivary gland and ducts of ureter .
(c) Tissue that transports water and minerals in plants.
(d) Tissue that stores fat. 2
18. (a)Which two organelles of a cell contain their own genetic material ?
(b)What will happen if the organization of a cell is destroyed due to some physical or chemical
influence? 2
19. Expand RER and SER. Differentiate between them in structure and function. 2
20. Derive position velocity relationship graphically. 2
21. (a)Expand DNA? Where is it found? (b) What are genes? Write their function. 2
22. Differentiate between :
(i)Tendon and ligament(ii)Chlorenchyma and aerenchyma2
23. Identify the tissues(a) and (b) and write any one characteristic and function.

(a) (b) 2
24. Name A, B,C,D,E and F in the following diagram showing change in its state

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25. Describe the different types of muscles with their functions and location. 3