PLATO PUBLIC SCHOOL

ASSIGNMENT FOR CLASS 9

CHEMISTRY
Fill in the blanks:-
1. Matter is made up of small_________.
2. The forces of attraction between the particles are _______ in solids, ______ in
liquids and _________ in gases.
3. __________ is the change of gaseous state directly to solid state without going
through liquid state, and vice-versa.
4. Evaporation causes __________.
5. Latent heat of fusion is the amount of heat energy required to change 1 kg of solid
into liquid at its ________.
6. Solid, liquid and gas are called the three _______ of matter.
7. The smell of perfume gradually spreads across a room due to ______.
8. Rapid evaporation depends on the ______ area exposed to atmosphere.
9. As the temperature of a system increases, the pressure of the gases ______.
10. As the volume of a specific amount of gas decreases, it’s pressure _______.
11. As the temperature of a gas decreases, I’s volume ______.
12. Gas molecules at higher temperatures have more _______ than at cooler
temperatures.
13. Usually the total charge of a plasma is _______.
14. The pressure inside of a sealed tube if you raise the temperature go ______
15. Forces of attraction in liquids are _______ than in olid.
16. Liquids that move quickly downhill are described as having _____.
True/ False:-
1. Boiling is a bulk phenomenon.
2. Evaporation is a surface phenomenon.
3. The rate of evaporation depends only on the surface area exposed to the
atmosphere.
4. Latent heat of vaporization is the heat energy required to change 1 kg. of a liquid
to gas at atmospheric pressure at its melting point.
5. Water at room temperature is a liquid.
6. Atoms in a liquid are father apart than the atoms in a gas.
7. The molecules in a gas are in constant motion.
8. Gases present in air have the same pressure throughout the entire atmosphere.
9. All materials move from solid to liquid to gas as the temperature increases.
10. Because electrons have been stripped away from atoms in plasma, plasmas
have a negative charge.
11. It is just as easy to compress a liquid, as it is to compress a gas.
12. Evaporation and boiling are the same processes because molecules move from
a liquid to gaseous state.
13. If we pour liquid nitrogen(N2) into a glass, it will change its state to a solid.
14. You may find plasma in a star.
15. A system that changes from a solid state to a liquid state gains energy.
16. Plasmas are all made of the same ions. They have different colours due to
different amounts of electricity.
Solution
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Very Short Answer Questions-
1. Name the three states of matter. Give one example of each.
2. What are the two ways in which the physical state of matter can be
changed?
3. Explain how gases can be liquefied?
4. What is sublimation? Give examples.
5. Define latent heat of fusion.
6. Define latent heat of vaporization.
7. What produces more severe burns, boiling water or steam?
8. How can the boiling point of a liquid be rased, without adding any impurity?
9. In how many forms did the earlier scientists classify matter?
10. Why does a summer rainstorm lower the temperature?
11. A beaker of a liquid with a vapour pressure of 350 torr at 25 0C is set
alongside a beaker of water (Vapour pressure of 23.76 torr) and both are
allowed to evaporate. In which liquid does the temperature change at a faster
rate? Why
12. At a given temperature, one liquid has a vapour pressure of 240 torr and
another measure 420 torr. Which liquid probably has the lower boiling point?
Which probably has the lower heat of vaporization?
13. A drop of dettol got evenly distributed in water. How?
14. Liquid nitrogen is used as a commercial refrigerant to flash freeze foods.
Nitrogen boils at -1960C. What is this temperature on the Kelvin temperature
scale?
15. What property or properties of gases can you point to support the
assumption that most of the volume in a gas is empty space?
16. What is unit cell?
17. What is the effect on surface tension of temperature?
18. Surface tension is same for different liquids. Explain.

Fill in the blanks

1..Common salt is _________.
2.A mixture contains more than ______ substance mixed in ______
proportion.
3.Properties of a __________ are different from its constituent elements,
whereas a _______ shows the properties of its constituting elements.
4.A solution is defined as a mixture that is-----------.
5.We can remove salts from a solution by using the process of ----------
6. A pure substance has a fixed__________ or ______ at constant
temperature.
7.An element is made up of only one kind of _________.
8.Miscible liquids are separated by ________ .
9.Immiscible liquids are separated by using a _______.
10.Filtered tea is a _________ mixture.
11.Alloy is a _______.
12.Sublimation of camphor is a _________ change.
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 13.Most common chemical change we observe in our routine life is rusting
of______.
Solution
TRUE / FALSE
1.Water is homogenous substance.
2.Element is always metal.
3.Substance is always homogeneous
4.In compound elements combine in definite proportion.
5.Iodine can be purified by sublimation.
6.Mixtures are always combinations of the same compounds that are at
different states.
7.We can separate all mixtures by filtration.
8.All mixtures are defined as “ heterogeneous”
9.Only specific compounds can be combined to form mixtures.
10.No pure elements are liquids at room temperature.
11.Mixtures are combinations of one or more compounds that can be
separated with chemical processes.
12.Crystals can be made of mixtures.
Solution

2. VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1.What difference in the property of two miscible liquids enables their
separation by fractional distillation?
2.Why is solution not heated to dryness to get crystals?
3.Give one example each of homogeneous and heterogeneous mixture.
4.Name the apparatus by which mixture of oil and water can be separated.
5.How can we check whether the given soli substance is pure or not?
6.A hard substance produces a tinkling sound when beat. Is it metal or a non-
metal?
7.Is brass a mixture or a compound?
8.What type of solution is an alloy?
Liquid solution or solid solution
9.A mixture consisting of two miscible liquids 'A' and 'B' whose boiling points
differ by 50 C can be separated by which process?
10.Which separation, technique is employed to separate complex mixture of
organic compounds like carbohydrates, amino acids. Vitamins, hormones,
etc?
11.In fractional crystallization two organic compounds gets differentiated on
the basis of which property.
12.Which method can be used to separate mixture of iron filings and common
salt?
13.Give one example of solid- liquid homogeneous mixture.
14.What is a aquaregia?
15.Which method is used to separate two immiscible liquids?
16.Name two elements which are in liquid state at room temperature?

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 3. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1.Define element, compound and mixture.
2.What are pure substance? Give two examples of metals.
3.What are metals? Given two examples of metals.
4.Which method can be used to separate a mixture of naphthalene and
common salt?
5.Define homogeneous ad heterogeneous mixtures.
6.Classify the following into elements, compounds and mixtures.
a)Sodium
b)Soil
c)Sugar solution
d)Silver
e)Calcium carbonate
f)Tin
7.Classify each of the following as a homogeneous or heterogeneous mixture.
Soda water, wood, air, soil, vinegar
8.Classify the following elements as metal, nonmetal, or metalloid: aluminum,
fluorine, gallium, phosphorus, krypton, tellurium, thorium, barium and
strontium.
9.Given the names of the elements present in the following compounds:
a)Quicklime
b)Hydrogen bromide
c)Baking soda
d)Potassium sulphate
10.Can an element be distinguished from its compound by examination of its
physical properties only? Explain.
11.Explain why, water is a compound and not a mixture?
12.How do the properties of a mixture differ from the properties of the
components of the mixture?
13.In terms of physical properties, what is there about mixtures that makes it
possible to separate out the components?
14.How would you separate the following mixture?
i.Salt and water
ii.Glass powder and iron filings
15.Which method is used to separate two immiscible liquids?
Name two elements which are in liquid state at room temperature?

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