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Chemistry (9th)
(Matter in Our Surroundings)
-Ammar Masood
Q1. A sample of water under study was found to boil at 102°C at normal temperature and pressure. Is
the water pure? Will this water freeze at 0°C? Comment.

Q2. You are provided with a mixture of naphthalene and ammonium chloride by your teacher.

Q3. Suggest an activity to separate them with well labelled diagram. 2. It is a hot summer day, Priyanshi
and Ali are wearing cotton and nylon clothes respectively. Who do you think would be more comfortable
and why? (CBSE 2012, 2013,2014, 20 16)

Q4. You want to wear your favorite shirt to a party, but the problem is that it is still wet after a wash.
What steps would you take to dry it faster? (CBSE 2012, 2013,2014, 20 16)

Q5. Comment on the following statements:

(a) Evaporation produces cooling.

(b) Rate of evaporation of an aqueous solution decreases with increase in humidity.

(c) Sponge though compressible is a solid.

Q6. List any two properties of liquids which are common to gases. (CBSE 2013)

Q7.Why does the temperature of a substance remain constant during its melting point or boiling point?

Q8. Name the two gases which are supplied in compressed form in homes and hospitals.

Q9. What is dry ice ? (CBSE 2010, 2011)

Q10. CO2 is a gas. Justify the given statement by two reasons. (CBSE 2011)

Q11. What happens when you pour some acetone on your palm ? (CBSE 2010, 2011)

Q12. What is a pure substance ? Give its one characteristic. (CBSE 2011)

Q13. Give reasons for the following :

(a) Gases fill up completely the vessel in which they are kept.
(b) Gases exert pressure on the walls of the containing vessel. (CBSE 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016)

Q14. Why do people sprinkle water on a roof after a hot summer day ? (CBSE 2011, 2016)
Q15. List three characteristics of particles of matter. Describe one example for each
characteristic to illustrate it.
Name the characteristics which are responsible for
(a) spreading of smell of scent in a room and
(b) water taking the shape of the vessel in which poured. (CBSE 2011)

Q16. The temperature-time graph given below shows the heating curve for pure wax.
From the graph answer the following :

1. What is the physical state of the substance at the points A, B, C and D ?

2. What is the melting point of the substance ?
3. What is its boiling point ?
4. Which portions of the graph indicates that change of state is taking place.
5. Name the terms used for heat absorbed during change of states involved in above
processes. (CBSE 2011)

Q17. Ramesh took two beakers A and B containing hot water and cold water respectively. In
each beaker, he dropped a crystal of copper sulphate. He kept the beakers undisturbed. After
sometime what did he observe and why ? (CBSE 2011, 2012)

Q18. State one similarity and two differences between boiling and evaporation.

Q19. How is heating of sugar different from heating of ammonium chloride ? Explain your
answer. (CBSE 2013)

Q20. A drop of ink and a drop of honey are placed in watel in different beakers. Which of the two
will spread faster ? Give reason for your answer. (CBSE 2013)

Q21. Suppose you want to convert a gas into a liquid. Which two methods can you apply ?
(CBSE 2013, 2016)