holiday home work class ix

SOCIAL SCIENCE HOLIDAY HOME WORK
K.V.WALTAIR - CLASS IX
NOTE –DO THE PROJECT IN THE PROJECT FILE,ACTIVITIES IN THE SPIRAL
1. After reading the following reports from newspapers, magzines write a letter to
the agriculture minister in your own words telling him how the use of chemical
fertilizers can be harmful.
2. Collect the information about the earth quake that occurred in Nepal and write
the precautionary measures which are to be taken,along with the photos.
3. Locate Poland & Chile on the map; write down the names of the countries which
are located around them.
4. Find out the longitudinal and latitudinal extension of your state.
5. Map skills:
a. The island groups of India lying in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.
b. The states through which the tropic of cancer lies.
c. The eastern and western Ghats.
d. The place situated on the three seas.
e. The strait separating Sri Lanka and India.
6. On the outline map of India show the following:
a. Mountain and hill ranges: the karakoram, the jaskar, the pakkai bum, the
jaintia, the vindhaya range, the aravali range and the cardamom hills.
b. Peaks: K2, Kanchenjunga, Nanga Parbat and anaimudi.
c. Plateau: chottanagpur, malwa.
d. Indian desert, lakshawdeep islands
7 . Collect information about the Silk Route,Also find out the new developments,
which are improving communication routs in the regions of high altitude
7. Collect information about the French Philosphers.
SCIENCE HOMEWORK Class IX (2015-2016)
1. Complete the writing experiments in science practical notebook.
(a)
Temporary amount of onion peel.
(b)
Sublimation of camphor.
2. Design a simple experiment to study osmosis.
(a) Write the aim procedure, observation, result, diagram, precautions in the
practical notebook.
3. Draw well labeled and color-full diagram of the following:(a) Plant cell
(b) Animal cell
(c) Nucleus and ER
(d) Golgi apparatus
(e)Mitochondria
(f) Chloroplast
(h) Vacuoles
1. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING-DIFFUSION, OSMOSIS, HYPOTONIC
SOLUTION, ISOTONIC SOLUTION AND HYPERTONIC SOLUTION.
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULAM, NUCLEUS OF THE CELL. BLOOD
2.DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
a) PROKARYOTIC CELL AND EUKARYOTIC CELL.
b) ANIMAL CELL AND PLANT CELL WITH NEAT AND CLEAN DIAGRAM
Chemistry
1. Explain why
(1)
A gas exerts pressure on the walls of container.
(2)
In winter season we observe vapours during exhaling.
(3)
On a rainy day wet clothes don’t dry easily.
(4)
A desert cooler cool better on a hot dry day.
(5)
Steam produces more severe burns than boiling water.
(6)
Heats become unbearable during summer especially after rain.
(7)
A student was getting late for the school. He tried to have a sip of hot tea
from a cup. He felt quite uncomfortable. His mother immediately brought a
plate & ask him to sip tea from plate. The student followed her advice and
did not face any problem.
(i)
Why was the student feeling problem?
(ii)
How did sipping tea from plate is more comfortable.
(iii)
How did mother help the student.
(iv)
What value do learners infer from the passage
(8)
We feel cold after having hot bath?
(9)
Butter is generally kept in wet cloth during summer if no refrigerator is
available.
(10) Puddle of water soon evaporates when the sun shines on it.
(11) Trees acquire more leaves during summer.
(12) Wet clothes should be spread to dry them.
2. Activities
(1)
How will you prove that matter is made up of tiny particles and have
intermolecular space?
(2)
How will you prove that gases can be compressed more easily than
liquids?
(3)
How will you determine the boiling point of water?
ENGLISH HOME WORK
IX
LISTENING
comprehension
GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT –
1.LORD TENNYSON
2. SUDHA MURTHY
WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT YOUR
GRANDMOTHER
SPEAKING
Narration, Recitation,role
play,speech,group
discussion, reading,singing
READING
comprehension
WRITING
Paragraphs, notice,
letters,
biosketch,stories,grammar
VISIT AN OLD AGE
HOME , COLLECT
INFORMATION,
PHOTOS AND
PRESENT IT IN
THE FORM OF AN
ARTICLE,
INTERVIEW 2
MEN AND 2
WOMEN OF THE
OLD AGE HOME
ORGANISING IDEAS,
USING
TECHNOLOGY,
CREATIVITY,
IMPROVING ALL
SKILLS-LSRW
SANSKRIT