IMPORTANT QUESTIONS CLASS 9 Chapter 1

Very short and Short Answer Type Questions

  1. How can we separate a mixture of two liquids?
  2. Name the process to separate the particles of the colloid.
  3. How do we test the purity of substances?
  4. Gases can be easily compressed but not liquids. Why?
  5. Which gas is called dry ice? Why?
  6. Differentiate between the three states of matter.
  7. Why do naphthalene balls kept in woollen clothes disappear after some time?
  8. Why there is no increase in volume when sugar is dissolved in water?
  9. Give reasons for the following:

The smell of hot food reaches you several meters away, but to get the smell of cold food you have to go close.

  1. How does water stored in an earthen pot become cool during summer?
  2. What type of clothes should we wear in summer?
  3. Give reasons to justify:
  4. Water at room temperature is a liquid.
  5. An iron almirah is a solid at room temperature.
  6. What is evaporation? What are the factors affecting it?
  7. Define latent heat of vaporization and latent heat of fusion.
  8. Are the three states of matter interconvertible? How can they interconvert?
  9. How does evaporation cause cooling?
  10. Give reasons:
  1. Water at room temperature is a liquid.
  2. An iron almirah is a solid at room temperature.
  1. How will you show that water vapour is present in the air?
  2. The boiling point of alcohol is 78%C. Convert this temperature to Kelvin scale.
  3. Why does the temperature remain constant during the melting of ice even though heat is provided continuously?
  4. Why does a desert cooler cool better on a hot dry day?
  5. Can a rubber band change its shape on stretching? Is it a solid?

Long Answer Type Questions

  1. What are Distillation and Fractional Distillation? What is the basic property that separates the two methods?
  2. How will you show that particles of matter are in motion?
  3. Differentiate between Evaporation and Boiling.