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Secondary School Examination

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I, 2012
MARKING SCHEME
SCIENCE
Class – IX
General Instructions :
1. The Marking Scheme provides general guidelines to reduce subjectivity and maintain
uniformity. The answers given in the marking scheme are the best suggested answers.
2. Marking be done as per the instructions provided in the marking scheme. (It should not be
done according to one’s own interpretation or any other consideration). Marking Scheme
be strictly adhered to and religiously followed.
3. Alternative methods be accepted. Proportional marks be awarded.
4. If a question is attempted twice and the candidate has not crossed any answer, only first
attempt be evaluated and ‘EXTRA’ written with second attempt.
5. In case where no answers are given or answers are found wrong in this Marking Scheme,
correct answers may be found and used for valuation purpose.

SECTION-A

1. A sponge has minute holes, in which air is trapped. When we press it air is 1
expelled out and we are able to compress it.

2. Mitochondria ½
Plastids ½

3. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. 1

4. (i) Definite shape and volume 1

(ii) Cannot be compressed. 1

5. (a) No ½
(b) Crystals of salt and sugar will appear. This is because solubility of a 1½
solid decreases with decrease in temperature.

6. Horse is an animal where as Mango tree is a plant.

Plants and Animals have different types of tissues because :
- Plants do not show locomotion while most of the animals move from 1
one place to another.
- They have different pattern of growth 1
plant's growth is limited to certain regions
animal’s growth is more or less uniform.

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7. Statement 1½
S.I. unit of G  Nm2 /kg2 ½

8. (a) Mixed cropping ½

Advantages of mixed cropping : ½x3=1½
(i) Reduces risk
(ii) Insurance against failure of one crop.
(iii) Gives variety in crop yield. ½,½
(b) Barseem / Oats / Sudan grass (Any two)

9. Advantage : 1+1
(i) Get variety in fish yield. 1
(ii) Food in the pond gets evenly used.
(iii) Fishes do not compete for food (any two)
Hormonal stimulation ensures the supply of pure fish seed in desired
quantities.

10. During the inter conversion of a solid into a liquid, and liquid into gas on 3
increasing temperature the K.E of the molecules increases and force of
attraction among molecules decreases and vice versa.

11. ½

½
Oxygen Argon Nitrogen
B.P 183 186 19.6
% Air by volume 20.9 0.9 18.1

12. Inside the cell there are different organelles to perform specific task. 1
Name any two organelle ½, ½
and list one of their functions each. ½, ½

13. (a) (i) Parenchyma tissue : Thin cell wall, loosely packed ½x4=2
(large intercellular space)
(ii) Collenchyma tissue : Irregularly thickened at the corners, very
little intercellular space, actually is a group of many
parenchyma cells.
½
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 (b) Tissue A Apical meristem ½
Tissue B Lateral meristem

14. (a) Nervous tissue, Muscular tissue (Striated muscle) ½,½

(b) diagram 1
½,½
labelling

15. Definition of distance ½

Definition of displacement ½

2r  176 m
r  28 m 1
Total displacement after 6 min  AB
 56 m 1

16. It is because of inertia of motion. When the horse was in motion, the whole 1
body of the rider was in motion. But when the horse stops suddenly the lower
portion of the rider which is in contact with the horse comes to rest but the
upper portion of him wants to remain in motion. 2

17. m 800 kg u  0 m/s.

s  800 m
t 10 s 1
1
s  ut  at 2
2
1 1
800  0  10   a  10 2
2
a  16 m/s2 ½
F  ma
800 16 12800 N ½

18. Mass is the quantity of matter contains in an object ½

Weight is the force with which an object is attracted towards the centre of
½
earth.
S.I. unit of mass is kg ½
S.I. unit of weight is newton ½
W  mg
Mass of the body on moon 20 kg. ½

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 Weight of the body on moon 201.6 ½
32 N.

19. It is acceleration produced in a body when it is allowed to fall freely under the 1
influence of gravity alone.
Gm
g  2
r
Mv  Me/2 and rv re/2
Where (Mv,rv) and (Me,re) are the mass and radius of the unknown planet 1

and earth respectively.

M 
GM G e 
g  v   2 
2 2
v
 rv   re 
 
2
GMe
 2  2  9.8
r2
e
1
 19.6m/s2

20. (a) (i) Multiple rounds of crops in a year. 1

(ii) Crops can withstand stresses due to biotic and abiotic factors
and thus result in good production.
(iii) Crops can be grown under different climatic conditions 1
1
(b) Definition of hybridisation and genetic modification
OR
(a) (i) Rain water harvesting 1+1

water shed management

(ii) two advantages of check dams ½
½
- Increase the ground water level
- reduce soil crosion 1+1
- prevent rain water from flowing away (Any two)
1
(iii) Canal system - from rivers / reservoirs
- to crop field through system of canals. 1
River lift system - water is drawn from rivers for supplementing
irrigation.

21. (a)
Property Block of wood Water Air
Compressibility Negligible Very low High
Particle motion Least More than wood. Very high 1x3=3
Rigidity Rigid Fluid Fluid
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 (b) (i) Due to the force exerted by the gas particles per unit area on 1
the walls of the container.
(ii) Liquids flow and change shape 1
OR
(a) During evaporation, a small fraction of particles at the surface having
higher K.E. is able to break away from the force of attraction of other 2
particles and gets converted into vapour.
(b) (i) Increases with temperature due to increase in K.E. of the 1
particles.
(ii) Increases with wind speed as the particles of water vapour 1
move away with the wind, decreasing the amount of water
vapour in the surrounding. 1
(iii) Decrease with humidity as the amount of water vapour in air is
already high.

22. Diagram - Refer to Page – 20 fig 2.7 of NCERT

Labelling ½x6=3
Diagram
1
Sublimation is the process of conversion of a solid directly into vapours.
1
OR
(a)
SUSPENSION TRUE SOLUTION
(i) opaque (i) Transparent 1x3=3
(ii) can be filtered (ii) Cannot be filtered
(iii) unstable (iii) Stable
(b) milk, smoke, butter, face cream ½x4=2

23. (a) Graph ½

Derivation
(b) u  18 km/h 5m/s ½
v  36 km/h 10m/s ½
t 5 s
v  u 10 5 ½
a   1m/s2
t 5
1 1
S  ut  at 2 ½
2
½
 37.5 m
OR 1
(i) OA  uniform acceleration
AB  uniform motion (Zero acceleration – moving with constant 1
velocity)
BC  Negative acceleration
(Retardation)
6  0
(ii) Acceleration   1.5m/s 2
4 1
½
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 0  6 ½
ve acceleration  1m/s 2
6
(iii) Distance covered from A to B will be area under it 66 ½
½
36 m

24. Statement 1
S.I unit kg m/s
m1 1000 kg m2 1000 kg ½
u1 5 m/s u25m/s
½
Let v is the velocity of the combined cars. Applying principle of conservation
of momentum.
1
(m1 m2 ) v m1u1m2 u2
(2000)v 1000(5)1000(5) 1
v 0 m/s 1
OR
(a) (i) Spring balance B will show 20 gwt 1
(ii) It is because of Newton’s III law of motion,
When spring balance A exerts force on the balance B then the balance 2
B pulls the balance A with an equal force of 20 gwt, but in the opposite
direction. Balance A exerts a force of action on balance B, then balance
B exerts an equal and opposite force of reaction on balance A.
(b) It is observed that the balloon moves in the upward direction. Air
comes out from the balloon. It performs an action in the downward 2
direction as a result of which there will be a reaction (equal in
magnitude but opposite in direction) in the form of upward motion.

SECTION - B

25. (a) 1

26. (c) 1

27. (b) 1

28. (a) 1

29. (b) 1

30. (b) 1

31. (a) 1

32. (c) 1

33. (b) 1

34. (a) 1

35. (d) 1
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36. (d) 1

37. (c) 1

38. (b) 1

39. (d) 1

40. (c) 1

41. (d) 1

42. (b) 1

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