Pakistan International School Jeddah – English Section

Academic Session 2021-2022

Department of Chemistry
SUMMER VACATION HOMEWORK

Student’s Name: __________________

Grade: Y9- __________________

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 Learning objectives

• Prepares them for and reinforces the learning, activities, and discussions that take
place in the classroom.
• Informs teachers about student’s levels of understanding.
• Gives them an opportunity to demonstrate mastery of skills taught in class.
• Builds students’ responsibility, independence, perseverance, and time management
skills.
• Assists students in improving their work habits and organizational skills.
• Gives students the opportunity to understand their own learning styles.

Course Book
Complete Chemistry for Cambridge Secondary 1 By Philippa Gardom Hulme

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 Unit No 1: States of Matter
Q1. Choose correct answer.

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Q2. Label the arrows and identify states of matter.

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 Unit 2: Material properties
Q1. Choose correct answer.
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Q2.

• Write correct answer under each Substance Pictures after choosing option from
Substance Descriptions

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(i) (viii)

(ii) (ix)

(iii) (x)

(iv)

(xi)

(v)

(xii)

(vi)

(xiii)

(vii)

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Q3. Match the following names of lab instruments and equipment with the correct
picture.

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 Unit 3: Periodic Table
Q1. Choose correct answer.
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Q3. Complete the table.

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An element word search is a fun way to learn how to spell the names of the elements. Here
is some element word search puzzle

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 Unit 4: The Reactivity Series
Q1. Choose correct answer.
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 Unit 5: Acids and Bases
Making Salts
Q1. Choose correct answer.
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 Planning Questions
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 RESEARCH WORK
TOPICS FOR RESEARCH PROJECT
➢ Which Filtration Material Leads to the Best Drinking Water?
➢ Which Orange Juice Has the Most Vitamin C?
➢ Water to Fuel to Water: The Fuel Cycle of the Future
➢ Paper Chromatography: Is Black Ink Really Black?
➢ How Do You Get Heat from a Supercooled Solution? Explore the
Chemistry Within Hand Warmers
➢ Crime Scene Chemistry; The Cool Blue Light of Luminol
➢ Discover Chlorophyll Variety in Different Plants Using Paper
Chromatography
➢ Chemistry of Ice-Cream Making: Lowering the Freezing Point of
Water
➢ Application of chemical elements in medicine

Choose any one topic from the above given list as your research project.
The research work can be represented in the form of PowerPoint
presentation or video. It is important to format your research work in a
scientific paper format given below and can be submitted as Printed/Hard
copy:

• Title
• Abstract/Summary
• Introduction
• Materials & Methods
• Your Video on Research Topic
• Result & Discussion
• Conclusion
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