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SPRINT (2024)
Matter in Surrounding
Practice Sheet
1. When heat is supplied constantly by a gas burner
with a small flame to melt ice, then the
temperature of ice during melting.
(A) Increases slowly to form water
(B) Remains constant
(C) First remains constant and then decreases
(D) Decreases very slowly
2. Seema visited a Natural Gas Compressing Unit
and found that the gas can be liquefied under
specific conditions of temperature and pressure.
While sharing her experience with friends she got
confused. Help her to identify the correct set of
conditions.
(A) Low temperature, low pressure
(B) High temperature, low pressure
(C) Low temperature, high pressure
(D) None of these
3. The boiling points of diethyl ether, acetone and n-
butyl alcohol are 35°C, 56°C, and 118°C
respectively. Which one of the following correctly
represents their boiling points in Kelvin scale?
(A) 306 K, 329 K, 391 K
(B) 392 K, 308 K, 329 Κ
(C) 308 K, 329 K, 391 K
(D) 329 K 392 Κ, 308 K
4. Select the incorrect statement/s:
(A) Steam produces more severe burns on the
skin than the boiling water.
(B) At room temperature, water is a liquid.
(C) Ice at 273 K causes less cooling than water at
the same temperature.
(D) We can sip hot tea from a saucer faster than
from a cup.
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5. Which of the following does not undergo
sublimation?
(A) Sodium chloride
(B) Ammonium chloride
(C) Camphor
(D) Iodine
6. Assertion (A): Diffusion in gases occur readily in
gas as compared to solids.
Reason (R): The particles in gases move very
quickly in all directions.
(A) Both A and R are individually true and R is
the correct explanation of A:
(B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not
the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true
7. Assertion (A): Naphthalene balls does not leave
any residue when kept open for some time.
Reason (R): The conversion of a solid directly
into gas is called condensation.
(A) Both A and R are individually true and R is
the correct explanation of A:
(B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not
the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true
Case Based type Questions
When a liquid is exposed to air, its volume
progressively decreases. Some of the liquid near
the surface converts to vapour (or gas) and
combines with the gases in the air throughout this
process i.e. liquid turns into vapour and causes
cooling, this process is known as evaporation. The
rate of evaporation increases with increase in
temperature, surface area and speed of wind. The
rate of evaporation is higher for the liquids having
lower boiling points.

8. We wear cotton clothes during summer because
(A) They absorb kinetic energy from the air
molecules
(B) They let the sweat evaporate
(C) They produce heating effect
(D) They do not let the sweat evaporate
9. Liquids like acetone are kept in cool places
because
(A) It has high boiling point
(B) The rate of evaporation increases with surface
area
(C) It is a volatile liquid with low boiling point
(D) None of these
10. Define sublimation.
11. Is dry ice the same thing as ordinary ice?
12. Define latent heat of fusion.
13. Give reason for the following observations:
(a) Naphthalene balls disappear with time
without leaving any solid.
(b) We can get the smell of perfume while sitting
several meters away.
14. Arrange the following in increasing order of forces
of attraction between the particles - water, sugar,
oxygen.
15. Explain, why water as an ice has a cooling effect,
whereas water as steam may cause severe burns.
16. How many of the following are matter?
Chair, table, hate, book, pen, thought, cold drink
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17. At what degree Celsius, does water freeze?
18. Among the given substances, how many of them
can flow?
Sodium Chloride, Water, Ammonium Chloride,
Oil, Milk
19. The heating curve for pure wax is shown below in
the temperature-time graph. Answer the following
questions based on the graph:
(a) What is the substance's physical state at points
A, B, C and D?
(b) What is the temperature at which the substance
melts (substance's melting point)?
(c) What is the temperature at which the substance
boils (substance's boiling point)?
(d) Which parts of the graph shows that change of
state is occurring.
(e) Which terms are used for heat absorbed during
change of states that are involved in above
processes.
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ANSWER KEY

1. (B) 15. Ice at 273 K is more effective in cooling than

2. (C) water at 273 K because ice absorbs energy equal
3. (C) to latent heat of fusion to convert to water.
4. (C) When water at 373 K is converted into steam at
5. (A) 373 K, it absorbs energy equal to the latent heat
6. (A) of vapourisation. Thus, steam at 373 K has more
7. (C) heat energy than water at 373 K due to which
8. (B) steam produces more severe burns than boiling
9. (C) water.
10. When solid is directly converted into vapour (or 16. Chair, table, book, pen, cold drink.
gas) it is known as sublimation. 17. 0°C
11. No, ordinary ice is solid water while dry ice is 18. Water, Oil, Milk
solid carbon dioxide.
12. The amount of heat energy that is required to 19. (a) At point A: Wax is present in the solid state.
convert 1 kg of a solid into liquid at atmospheric At point B: Wax has begun to melt and
pressure at its melting point is known as the latent exists both in the solid as well as in liquid
heat of fusion. states.
13. (a) Naphthalene balls undergo sublimation at At point C: Wax is present in the liquid
room temperature i.e. they directly get state.
converted from solid to gaseous state At point D: Wax has started boiling.
without leaving any residue behind. Therefore, it exists both in the liquid as well
(b) We get the smell of perfume sitting several as in the gaseous states.
metres away due to diffusion. The particles (b) Melting point of wax = 15°C
of perfume mix with particles of air and due (c) Boiling point of wax = 110°C
to high speeds of these particles, the smell (d) The region A₁ to B₁ (straight line) represents
of perfume reaches us sitting several metres the change of state (solid to liquid).
away. The region D₁ to D₂ (straight line)
14. Increasing order of forces of attraction between represents 1 the change of state (liquid to
the particles: gas).
Oxygen (gas) < water (liquid) < sugar (solid) (e) It is known as latent heat of fusion in case of
Oxygen being a gas has least inter-particle forces solids (A₁ to B₁) and latent heat of
of attraction and sugar being a solid has the vapourisation in case of liquids (D₁ to D₂).
strongest inter-particle forces of attraction between
their particles.

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