IX Syllabus: Science

Final examination- Class IX

Biology

● Chapter: The Fundamental Unit of Life

● Chapter: Tissues
● Chapter: Improvement in Food Resources
● Chapter:​ ​Diversity in the living world
● Chapter: Why do we fall ill?
● Chapter : Our Natural Resources

● Practicals​: (i) To prepare a temporary mount of the onion peel

(ii) To prepare a temporary mount of the cheek cell
(iii) To draw, observe and identify the characteristic features of Parenchyma, Collenchyma
and Sclerenchyma tissues
(iv) To draw, observe and identify the characteristic features of Voluntary , Involuntary and
cardiac muscles.
(v) To draw, observe and identify characteristic features of the neuron.
(vi) To study the characteristics and identifying features of the following specimens-
Spirogyra, Agaricus, Funaria, Fern, Pinus, Maize, Mustard, Earthworm, Cockroach, Bony
fish, Bird.
(vii) To study the external features of of root, stem, leaf and flower of monocot and dicot
plants.

● Refer to NCERT textbook, Assignment booklet, class notes and NCERT Exemplar for Science

● Weightage of marks per chapter ( inclusive of practicals):

The Fundamental Unit of Life - 3 marks
Tissues - 4 marks
Diversity in the living world - 8 marks
Why do we fall ill? - 5 marks
Improvement in Food Resources - 4 marks
Our Natural resources - 6 marks

Chemistry

● Chapter: Matter in our surroundings

● Chapter:Is matter around us pure
● Chapter Atoms and Molecules
● Chapter: Structure of atom

● Practicals​: (i) To determine the melting point of ice and boiling point of water.
 (ii) To prepare solution, colloid and suspension and distinguish between these on the basis of
transparency, stability and filtration criterion.
(iii) To prepare mixture, compound using iron & sulphur and distinguish between them on the
basis of appearance, behaviour towards magnet, and behaviour towards carbon disulphide.
(iv)To separate the components of mixture of sand, common salt and ammonium chloride by
sublimation.
(v) To carry out the chemical reactions and identify the type of reaction.(iron with copper
sulphate solution, burning of magnesium, zinc with dilute sulphuric acid, heating of copper
sulphate, reaction of solutions of sodium sulphate & barium chloride)
(vi)To verify the law of conservation of mass.

● Refer to NCERT Textbook, Exemplar for science, class notes and assignment booklet.

Physics

● Chapter: ​Motion
● ​Chapter:​ Force and laws of motion
● ​Chapter:​ Gravitation
● ​Chapter:​ Work and Energy
● Chapter : Sound

● Practicals​: (i)Verification of Archimedes Principle

(ii)To find the density of given material.
(iii) To find the velocity of pulse generated in a slinky
(iv) To verify laws of reflection of sound.

● Refer to NCERT Textbook, Exemplar for science, class notes and assignment booklet.