Summer Vacation Homework(B)

Class-9
Sub: Physics

Answer the following questions in A4 -sheet

CH: MATTER IN OUR SURROUNDINGS

1 Define the term sublimation? Write the names of any two

substances which are sublime.
2 Give reason:
(a) Gases exert pressure on the walls of the container.
(b) Evaporation causes cooling.
3 Why is it advised to put wet clothes strips on the forehead of a
a person suffering from high fever?
4 Differentiate between evaporation and vaporization.
5 Which phenomenon occurs during the following changes?
(i) Formation of clouds, (ii) Drying of wet clothes,
(iii) Wax melts in the sun, (iv) Size of naphthalene balls decreases.
6 Give reason:
(a) Ice floats on water.
(b) We sweat more on humid days.
(c) A balloon kept in sunlight burst after some time.
7.Identify A, B, C, D, E and F in the given figure
8. A gas jar containing air is placed upside down on a gas jar of
bromine vapour. It is observed that after some time, the gas jar
containing air also becomes reddish brown.
a)Explain why this happens.
b)Name the process involved.
9. Predict the physical state of matter in each case from the following
characteristic.
a) It has a definite volume but no definite shape.
b) It is rigid and highly incompressible.
c) Kinetic energy of particles is minimum in this state.
d) It represents the most highly compressible form of matter.
10. a)Convert the following celsius temperatures to kelvin scale
i) -2730C ii) 3000C
b)Convert the following Kelvin temperatures to Celsius scale
i) 513 K ii) 273 K

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