7 DAYS CHALLENGE

Day-4 (subjective test)

Chemistry
MATTER IN OUR SURROUNDINGS
Class- IX
(Session – 2024-25)

General Instructions:
(i) This question paper consists of 5 questions.
(ii) All questions are compulsory.

Q. 1. Prove that liquids have no fixed shape but have a fixed volume. Why
the rate of diffusion of fluids is higher than that of solids?

Q. 2. (i) After winters, people pack off their woollens by keeping

naphthalene balls in them. With passage of time these balls become smaller
in size. Why does this happen ? What type of change is involved during this
process ?
(ii) How can you convert a saturated solution into an unsaturated solution ?

Q. 3. People of village use earthen pots to get cool water in summers.

Explain the reason that why water remains cool in earthen pots.

Q. 4. Distinguish among three states of matter with respect to property

indicated: Density, Diffusion and Particle Motion.

Q. 5. Answer the following questions:

(i) Out of boiling and evaporation which is a surface phenomenon ? Explain.
In the absence of a refrigerator, butter is kept wrapped in a wet cloth
during summer. Why ?
(ii) Why do ice-cream appears colder than water at the same temperature?

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