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Being Brilliant:-
VERY SHORT ANSWER-TYPE QUESTIONS (1 MARK)

1. Why does a desert cooler cool better on a hot dry day ? [NCERT]

2. How does the water kept in an earthen pot (matka) become cool during summer ?
[NCERT]

3. Why does our palm feel cold when we put some acetone or petrol or perfume on it ?
[NCERT]

4. Why are we able to sip hot tea or milk faster from a saucer rather than a cup ?
[NCERT]

5. What type of clothes should we wear in summer ? [NCERT]

6. Convert (a) 300 K (6) 573 K into Celsius scale. [NCERT]

7. Convert the following temperatures to the Kelvin scale.

(a) 25°C (b) 373° [NCERT]

8. Why is ice at 273 K more effective in cooling than water at the same temperature ?
[NCERT]

9. What produces more severe burns, boiling water or steam ? [NCERT]

10. What is matter ?

11. How is matter classified on the basis of physical state ?

12. What do you think, matter is made up of small particles or not ?

13. Why does the level of water not change when salt is dissolved in water ?

14. What is meant by diffusion ?

15. What is effect of temperature on rate of diffusion of gases ? Why ?

16. What about a rubber band, can it change its shape ? Is it solid ?

17. Sugar and salt kept in different jars gain their shape. Are they solids ?
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18. What is common or C.G.S. unit of volume ?

19. How many cm3 are there in 1L ?

20. What is meant by density ?

21. Why is density of solids mostly higher than that of liquids ?

22. A sponge can be compressed. Is it solid or not ? Why ?

23. What is meant by kinetic energy ?

24. Can solid diffuse into solids ? Give an example.

25. Why do liquids flow ?

26. Why do liquids have mostly lower density than solids ?

27. Why do liquids show the phenomenon of diffusion to more extent than solids ?

28. Why are liquids more compressible than solids ?

29. Why is kinetic energy of liquids more than solids ?

30. What is effect of temperature on rate of diffusion of liquids ? Why ?

31. How are aquatic plants and animals able to survive ?

32. Why are gases more easily compressible than liquids ?

33. Why do gases exert pressure ?

34. What are full forms of CNG and LPG ?

35. Why is kinetic energy of particles in gaseous state maximum ?

36. Why is rate of diffusion very high in gases ?

37. How can solid be changed into liquid ?

38. What is meant by fusion (melting) ?

39. Define melting point.

40. What is relation between °C and K ?

41. Why does the temperature remain same during melting, while all the ice changes into water ?

42. What is meant by latent heat of fusion ?

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43. What is meant by boiling point ?

44. What is meant by latent heat of vapourisation ?

45. What is difference between a gas and a vapour ?

46. What is meant by volatile liquids ? Give two examples.

47. What is C.G.S. unit of pressure ?

48. What is relation between atm and pascal ?

49. What is meant by evaporation ?

50. Why is evaporation called surface phenomenon whereas boiling is bulk phenomenon ?

51. Why does evaporation cause cooling ?

52. What is effect of temperature on rate of evaporation ?

53. What is effect of increasing wind speed on the rate of evaporation ?

54. What is effect of increasing surface area on the rate of evaporation ?

55. What is meant by plasma ?

56. What are SI units of temperature and mass ?

57. Give SI units of density and volume.

58. What are SI units of length and weight ?

59. What is SI unit of pressure ?

60. Write the relationship between Celsius scale and Kelvin scale of temperature. [NCT2004]

61. Why gases are compressive but not liquids ? [KVS2005]

62. Which produces more severe burns boiling water or steam at 100°C ? [NCT2006]

SHORT ANSWER-TYPE QUESTIONS (2 MARKS)

1. Which of the following are matter ? [NCERT]

Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold, cold drink, smell of perfume.

2. Give reasons for the following observation :

(a) The smell of hot sizzling food reaches you several metres away, but to get the smell
from cold food you have to go close.
(b) Naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving any solid. [NCERT]
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3. (a) Why can we get smell of perfume sitting several metres away ?
(b) We can easily move our hand in air but to do the same through a solid (block of wood
or brick) we need a karate expert, why ? [NCERT]

4. (a) A gas exerts pressure on the walls of the container, why ?

(b) A gas fills completely the vessel in which it is kept, why? [NCERT]

5. Arrange the following substances in increasing order of forces of attraction between the
particles—water, sugar, oxygen. [NCERT]

6. A diver is able to cut through water in a swimming pool. Which property of matter does
this observation show [NCERT]

7. What is the physical state of water at (a) 25°C (b) 0°C (c)100°C

8. Give two reasons to justify that water is liquid at room temperature. [NCERT]

9. Why is iron almirah solid at room temperature ? Give two reasons. [NCERT]

10. How are gases liquified ? Name a gas which can be solidified and called dry ice.

11. What is matter ? Write the name of the mixture used :

(i) by all living beings and (ii) in construction of buildings. [DAV2004]

12. Change the following Celsius temperatures to Kelvin scale :

(i) - 273°C (ii) - 100°C (iii) - 40°C (iv) + 30° [KVS2005]

13. Give two factors which increase the rate of evaporation. [DAV2006]
SHORT ANSWER-TYPE QUESTIONS (3 MARKS)

1. Name A, B, C, D, E and F in the following diagram showing change in its state :

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2. Prepare a model to demonstrate movement of particles in solids, liquids and gases.

[NCERT]

3. Show experimentally that matter is made up of small particles.

4. Describe by experiment the relationship between rate of diffusion and density of liquid.

5. How will you show by experiment that air contains water vapours ?

6. Give three differences between evaporation and boiling.

7. Describe the process of sublimation and draw a neat and labelled diagram.

8. How is melting point related to intermolecular forces of attraction ? Why is latent heat of
vapourisation higher than latent heat of fusion ?

9. Show by an experiment that by increasing the temperature, substance can be changed into liquid
and then into vapours.

10. Draw a cyclic figure to show interconversion of states and explain fusion, vapourisation,
condensation, solidification and sublimation.

11. Why does water have higher boiling point than alcohol ? At what temperature in Kelvin, it can be
changed into solid state and into vapours ?

12. Show by an experiment that gases can be compressed more easily than liquids.
13. How will you determine melting point of ice experimentally with the help of neat and labelled
diagram?

14. How will you determine the boiling point of water experimentally ? Draw a neat and labelled
diagram.
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15. Differentiate between boiling and evaporation. [DAV2004]

16. (a) Define the term evaporation. Water kept in an earthen pot becomes cool after some time.
Explain why ?
(b) Why is ice at 0°C more effective in cooling than water at 0°C ? [NCT2006]

17. Define the term boiling point of a liquid. Write an activity to show that water can be made to boil
even at a temperature below its normal boiling point (100°C). [NCT2006]

SELF EVALUATION TEST

[Time Allowed : 50 minutes] [Max. Marks : 20]

1. Why do gases not have fixed shape and volume ? 1

2. What is meant by fourth state of matter ? 1

3. Give the differences between solids, liquids and gases. 2

4. Show by an experiment gases can be compressed more easily than liquids. 2

5. Why is temperature become constant at boiling point of liquid? What is meant by latent
heat of vapourisation. Why is latent heat of vapourisation higher than latent heat of fusion?
3

6. Describe the process of separation of mixture of camphor and sodium chloride. Draw neat
and labelled diagram of the process. 3

7. (a) How can we liquify gases ?

(b) What is S.I. unit of pressure ?
(c) Why do clothes take more time in drying on a rainy day ? 3

8. What is meant by evaporation? How is it different from boiling? Give the effect of surface
area, temperature and wind speed on rate of evaporation. 5