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1. Convert the temperature of 200°C to the 11. Convert the following temperatures to the
kelvin scale. Celsius scale.
(i) 300K
2. Convert the temperature of 450 K to the (ii) 573K
Celsius scale.
12. What is the physical state of water at
(i) 250°C
3. Which of the following are matter?
(ii) 100°C
Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds,
thought, cold-drink, the smell of perfume.
13. For any substance, why does the
temperature remain constant during the
change of state?
4. Give reasons for the following observation.
The smell of hot sizzling food reaches you
several meters away. but to get the smell of
14. Suggest a method to liquefy atmospheric
cold food, you have to go close.
gases.
5. A diver is able to cut through water in a
swimming pool. Which property of matter
15. Why does a desert cooler cool better on a
does this observation show?
dry day?

6. What are the characteristics of the particles

16. How does the water kept in an earthen pot
of matter?
(matka) become cool during summer?

7. The mass per unit volume of a substance is

17. Why does our palm feel cold when we
called density (Density = Mass/Volume).
some acetone or petrol or perfume on it?
Arrange the following in the order of
increasing density.
Air, exhaust from chimneys, honey, water,
18. Why are we able to sip hot tea or milk
chalk, cotton, and iron.
from a saucer rather than a cup?
8. Comment upon the following.
Rigidity, compressibility, fluidity, filling a gas
19. What type of clothes should we wear in
container, shape, kinetic energy, and density.
summer?
9. Give reasons.
20. Convert the following temperatures to the
(i) A gas fills completely the vessel in which it
Celsius scale.
is kept.
(i) 293 K
(ii) A gas exerts pressure on the walls of the
(ii) 470 K
container.
(iii) A wooden table should be called a solid.
21. Converting the following temperatures to
(iv) We can easily move our hands in the air
the Kelvin scale.
but to do the same through a solid block of
wood, we need a karate expert. (i) 25°C
(ii) 373°C
10. Liquids generally have lower density as
compared to solids. But you must have
observed that ice floats on water. Find out
why?
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22. Give a reason for the following
observations:
(i) Naphthalene balls disappear with time
without leaving any solid.
(ii) We can get the smell of perfume sitting
several metres away.
23. Arrange the following substances in
increasing order of forces of attraction
between the particles - water, sugar, oxygen. 30. Which of the following is found in the solid
24. what is the physical state of water at
(i) 25°C
(ii) 0°C
(iii) 100°C
25. Give two reasons to justify.
(i) Water at room temperature is a liquid.
(ii) An iron almirah solid at room
temperature.
26. Why is ice at 273 K more effective in
cooling than water at the same temperature?
27. What produces more severe burns, boiling
water or steam?
28. Name, A, B, C, D, E, and F in the following
diagram showing a change in its state.
29. A diver is able to cut through water in a
swimming pool. The property shown by the
matter is
1. the particles are of very small size
2. the matter have space between them
3. the particles are in solid-state
4. the particles are running here and there,
have no space between them
state at room temperature?
1. Stone
2. Sand
3. Mercury
4. Both (a) and (b)
31. The similarity between a liquid and a gas
is
1. both do not show the definite shape
2. both have a definite volume
3. both have same boiling point
4. both have the same nature
32. The property to flow is unique to fluids.
Which one of the following statements is
correct?
1. Only gases behave like fluids
2. Gases and solids behave like fluids
3. Gases and liquids behave like fluids
4. Only liquids are fluids
33. Choose the correct statement Of the
following.
1. Conversion of solid into vapours without
passing through the liquid state is called
vaporisation.
2. Conversion Of vapours into solid without
passing through the liquid state is called
sublimation.
3. Conversion of vapours into solid without
passing through the liquid state is called
freezing.
4. Conversion of solid into liquid is called
sublimation.
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34. The boiling points of diethyl ether, 39. In the following questions, a statement of
acetone, and n-butyl alcohol are 35°C, 56°C, Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of
and 180°C respectively. Which one of the Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as
following correctly represents their boiling 1. If both Assertion and Reason are true and
points in the kelvin scale? Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
1. 306 K, 329 K, 391 K 2. If both Assertion and Reason are true but
2. 308 K, 329 K, 292 K Reason is not the correct explanation of
3. 308 K, 329 K, 391 K Assertion.
4. 329 K, 392 K, 308 K 3. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
4. If Assertion is false, Reason is true.
35. Temperature 200°C equals nearly to 5. If both Assertion and Reason are false.
1. 300 K Assertion The smell of hot cooked food
2. 373 K reaches us in seconds.
3. 473 K Reason Rate of diffusion of solids is greater
4. -73 K than that of gases.

36. Which condition out of the following will

increase the evaporation of water? 40. In the following questions, a statement of
1. Increase in temperature of water Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of
2. Decrease in temperature of water Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as
3. The less exposed surface area of water 1. If both Assertion and Reason are true and
4. Adding common salt to water Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
2. If both Assertion and Reason are true but
Reason is not the correct explanation of
37. During summer, water kept in an earthen Assertion.
pot becomes cool because of the phenomenon 3. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
of 4. If Assertion is false, Reason is true.
1. diffusion 5. If both Assertion and Reason are false.
2. transpiration Assertion Naphthalene does not leave a
3. osmosis residue when kept open for some time.
4. evaporation Reason The conversion of gas directly into
solid is called condensation.

38. In the following questions, a statement of

Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of
Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as
1. If both Assertion and Reason are true and
Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
2. If both Assertion and Reason are true but
Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
3. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
4. If Assertion is false, Reason is true.
5. If both Assertion and Reason are false.
Assertion Smell of burning incense stick
spreads all around due to the diffusion of its
fumes into the air.
Reason Increased temperature results
increased kinetic energy of the molecules.
41. In the following questions, a statement of
Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of
Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as
1. If both Assertion and Reason are true and
Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
2. If both Assertion and Reason are true but
Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
3. If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
4. If Assertion is false, Reason is true.
5. If both Assertion and Reason are false.
Assertion There is no change in the
temperature of a substance when it
undergoes a change of state though it is still
being heated.
Reason The heat supplied is absorbed either
as latent heat of fusion or as latent heat of
vaporization.
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42. In the following questions, a statement of 52. Why the temperature remains constant
Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of during sublimation?
Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as
1. If both Assertion and Reason are true and
Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion. 53. What is meant by the latent heat of
2. If both Assertion and Reason are true but vapourization?
Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
3. If Assertion is true but Reason is false. 54. Benzene is a liquid at 800C, liquid benzene
4. If Assertion is false, Reason is true. is in equilibrium with its vapours. It is found
5. If both Assertion and Reason are false. that particles of benzene vapours are more
Assertion During evaporation of liquids the energetic than particles of liquid benzene.
temperature remains unaffected. Explain the observation.
Reason Kinetic energy of the molecules
directly proportional to temperature.
55. What happens to the melting point of
solids with the decrease in pressure?
43. A substance has no mass. Can we consider
it a matter?
56. Why should wet clothes be spread while
drying?
44. A given substance X has a definite volume,
but no definite shape and can diffuse easily.
What is the physical state of a substance X? 57. What is the effect of the sprinkling of
water on the roof or open ground on a hot
sunny day?
45. Rubber band changes its shape. Is it solid?

58. (i) A sponge can be compressed, yet it is

46. Why do liquids take up the shape of the solid? Explain.
container in which they are kept? (ii) Name the state of matter that has
minimum space between particles.

47. What would be the effect of

(i) Temperature and 59. The cover plate is removed from the gas
(ii) The density of liquids on the rate of jars shown in the diagram, After several days,
diffusion of liquids? the color of the gas is the same in both jars.
Why does this happen? Explain

48. Why do gases exert more pressure on the

walls of the container than the solids?

49. Which characteristic of gas is used in

supplying oxygen cylinders to hospitals?

50. Mention two ways to liquefy atmospheric

gases.

51. Why is boiling called a bulk phenomenon?

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60. Classify the following into osmosis/ 66. From the graph below:
diffusion.
(i) Swelling up of a raisin on keeping in
water.
(ii) Spreading of the virus on sneezing.
(iii)Earthworm dying on coming in contact
with common salt.
(iv) Shrinking of grapes kept in thick sugar
syrup.
(v) Preserving pickles in salt.
(i) Which region contains only solid?
(vi) Spreading of the smell of cake being
(ii) Which region contains all liquids?
baked throughout the house.
(iii) Which region shows the latent heat of
(vii) Aquatic animals use oxygen dissolved in
vaporization?
water during respiration.

61. (i) Explain the interconversion of three

67. Comment on the following statements:
states of matter in terms of the force of
(i) Evaporation produces cooling
attraction and kinetic energy of the
(ii) Rate of evaporation of an aqueous solution
molecules.
decreases with increases in humidity
(ii) Arrange the three states Of matter in the
(iii) Sponge though compressible is solid.
increasing order of rate of diffusion a particle
motion.
68. (i) How will you show that the process of
evaporation depends on the nature of the
liquid?
62. How do you differentiate between solids,
(ii) Why a drop of Dettol is evenly distributed
liquids and gases on the basis of their
in a bucket of water without the need of
melting and boiling points?
stirring?

63. (i) Dry ice is compressed under high

69. Look at the following figures and suggest
pressure. What happens to it when the
in which of the vessels or D, the rate of
pressure is released?
evaporation will be the highest? Explain.
(ii) Define
(a) Melting point
(b) Fusion.

64. What is dry ice? How is it formed?

65. Draw a well-labeled diagram showing

sublimation of ammonium chloride.
70. How will you change water from gaseous
state to liquid state? Suggest a simple
activity.

71. How does the change in temperature and

humidity affect the rate of evaporation?

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72. Which factors determine the state of a 77. (i) What is the matter? Write two
substance? properties of solids and two properties of
Convert 300C into Kelvin. liquids.
Water droplets are observed on the outer (ii) Give reasons for the following:
surface of a glass tumbler containing ice- (a) Ice at OOC appears colder in the mouth
cold water. Give reason. than water at OOC.
(b) Doctors advise putting the strips of wet
cloth on the forehead of a person having a
73. It is a hot summer day. Priyanshi and Ali high temperature.
wearing cotton and nylon cloth respectively.
Who do you think would be more comfortable 78. The temperature-time graph given below
and why? shows the heating for pure wax.

74. What is the difference between solid,

liquid, and gaseous states?

75. (i) Explain the term density. Arrange

different states of matter in increasing order
of density.
(ii) Explain how ice floats on water?

76. Benzoic acid is used as a food preservative.

The given graph shows the heating curve for
benzoic acid. Study the graph and answer the
following questions:
(i) At what time does benzoic acid begin to
(a) melt?
(b) boil?
(ii) What is the melting point of benzoic acid?
(iii) What happens to the temperature while
benzoic acid melts?
(iv) What is the physical state of benzoic acid
during a time interval of 35—45 mins?
From the graph, answer the following:
(i) What is the physical state of the substance
at the points A, B, C, and D?
(ii) What is the melting point of the wax?
(iii) What is its boiling point?
(iv) Which portions of the graph indicate that
change of state is taking place?
(v) Name the terms used for heat absorbed
during the change of states involved in the
above processes.

79. Fill in the blanks.:-

(i) Evaporation of a liquid at room
temperature leads to a _______________ effect.
(ii) At room temperature, the forces of
attraction between the particles of solid
substances are _______________ than those
which exist in the gaseous state.
(iii) The arrangement of particles is less
ordered in the _______________ state. However,
there is no order in the _______________ state.
(iv) _______________ is the change of gaseous
state directly to a solid state without going
through the _______________ state.
(v) The phenomenon of change of a liquid into
the gaseous state at any temperature below
its boiling point is called ________________ .
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80. (i) What temperature in the Kelvin scale

is equal to 50°C?
(ii) Describe an activity to show that the rate
of evaporation increases with the surface
area.
(iii) Describe the method of formation of
plasma and Bose-Einstein condensation.

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