Matter in Our Surrounding 1 Questions
Matter in Our Surrounding 1 Questions
1. Name the phenomenon which causes one crystal of potassium permanganate to turn
a beaker of water purple. (1)
a. centrifugation
b. filtration
c. diffusion
d. sedimentation
2. Name the state of matter that ‘has minimum inter-particle force of attraction’ (1)
a. Solid
b. Liquid
c. gas
d. All of these
3. The inferences drawn by the temperature versus time graph are (1)
6. What happens when an inflated air balloon is pricked with a pin? Name the property
of the gaseous state exhibited by this observation. (1)
7. Name one property which is show by naphthalene and not by sodium chloride. (1)
8. Which of the following are matter?Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold,
cold drink, smell of perfume (1)
9. Which of the following diffuses faster? Water vapour, wax or, ethyl alcohol. (1)
10. The room temperature is 25oC. What is the corresponding temperature on the Kelvin
scale? (1)
11. Are the three states of matter inter-convertible? How can they interconnect? (3)
12. Why are we able to sip hot tea or milk faster from a saucer rather than a cup? (3)