ST.

ANDREWS SCHOOL
HALF – YEARLY EXAM 2022-2023
CLASS – 9TH SUBJECT:- SCIENCE
M.M.:- 80 TIME :- 3hrs
Q.1 CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION:- [8]
1. Rutherford’s alpha-particle scattering experiment was responsible for
the discovery of
(a) Electrons (b) Neutron (c) Atomic Nucleas
2. The term ‘PROTOPLASM’ was coined by
(a) Robert Hooke (b) Virchow (c) Purkinje
3. The cell wall of which out of these is not made up of cellulose?
(a) Mango Tree (b) Cactus (c) Bacteria
4. Kitchen of the cell is
(a) Mitochondria (b) Chloroplast (c) Golgi Apparatus
5. Flexibility in plants is due to
(a) parenchyma (b) Collenchyma (c) chlorenchyma
6. Nucleas is located at the periphery in
(a) Smooth Muscles (b) Straited muscles (c) Both A & B
7. Velocity-time graph for a moving object is found to be curved line,
then its acceleration is
(a) Zero (b) variable (c) constant
8. Organelle other than nucleus, containing DNA is
(a) Lysosome (b) Mitochondria (c) Golgi apparatus
Q.2 FILL IN THE BLANKS :- [8]
1. The chemical name of the compound with formula CaCO3 is _______
2. Ribosomes are concerned with the synthesis of __________.
3. Xylem transports water and __________ from soil.
4. The outer layer of the skin has __________ cells.
5. Odometer measures __________ covered by the vehicles.
 6. A particle cannot be accelerated if its __________ is constant.
7. To specify the speed of an object, we require only __________.
8. Miscible liquids are separated by __________.
Q.3 TRUE OR FALSE :- [9]
1. A neuron is formed by an electron and a proton combining together.
Therefore, it is neutral.
2. All kinds of plastids have pigments.
3. Cork cambium is the example of meristem.
4. Phloem fibres are living sclerenchyma cells.
5. When a moving body comes to rest, then its initial velocity is taken as
zero.
6. A body having a uniform speed will always have uniform velocity.
7. Two gases cannot diffuse into each other.
8. Making of wine from grapes is a chemical change.
9. Area under velocity-time graph gives displacement.
Q.4 MATCH THE FOLLOWING :- [5]
A B
1. Aluminium Oxide a. Lateral Meristem
2. Robert Brown b. Motion of freely falling body
3. Cardiac Muscles c. 102u
4. Uniform d. Discovery of Nucleus
5. Cambium e. Heart

Q.5 VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS :- [10]

1. What is Motion?
2. What is DNA? Where is it present?
3. Draw a Labelled Diagram of a Neuron.
4. Write the chemical formula of Calcium Carbonate & Copper Nitrate.
5. What are polyatomic ion?
Q.6 SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS :- [20]
 1. How would you confirm that a colour-less liquid given to you is pure
water?
2. Why produces more severe burn, boiling water or steam?
3. A 0.24g sample of compound of oxygen and boron was found by
analysis to contain 0.096g of boron and 0.144g of Oxygen. Calculate
the percentage composition of the compound by weight.
4. Which organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell? Why?
5. How many types of elements together make up the Xylem tissues?
Q.7 ANSWER IN BRIEF :- [20]
1. Diagrammatically show the difference between the three types of
muscle fibres.
2. A motorboat starting from rest on a lake accelerates in a straight line
at a constant rate of 3.0 m s–2 for 8.0 s. How far does the boat travel
during this time?
3. Make a comparison and write down ways in which plant cells are
different from animal cells.
4. Write the steps you would use for making tea. Use the words solution,
solvent, solute, dissolve, soluble, insoluble, filtrate and residue.