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Differentiate Between The-two Characteristics of Matter – ‘Mass’ and ‘Weight’.

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प्रश्न

Differentiate between the-two characteristics of matter – ‘mass’ & ‘weight’.

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उत्तर

Mass :

  1. The amount of matter in a body.
  2. It is measured in Kilograms (kg).

Weight :

  1. Due to the pull of gravity on a body.
  2. It is measured in Newtons (N)
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अध्याय 1: Matter - Exercises

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Define matter. Give four examples of matter.


Explain why, osmosis can be considered to be a special kind of diffusion. Classify the following into

(i) osmosis, and (ii) diffusion  :

  1. swelling up of a raisin on keeping in water
  2. spreading of virus on sneezing
  3. earthworm dying on coming in contact with common salt
  4. shrinking of grapes kept in thick sugar syrup
  5. preserving of pickles in salt
  6. spreading of smell of cake being baked in the kitchen
  7. aquatic animals using oxygen dissolved in water during respiration

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Name one solid, one liquid and one gaseous non-metal.


What is meant by saying that metals are malleable and ductile?


State two physical properties on the basis of which metals can be distinguished from non-metals.


Name a non-metal :

  1. which is lustrous
  2. which is required for combustion
  3. whose one of the allotrophic forms is a  good conductor of electricity. Name the allotrope.
  4. other than carbon which shows allotropy
  5. which is known to form the largest number of compounds

Name a metal which can be easily cut with a knife.


Define solute.


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Soda-water, Milk, Brine, Blood, Ink, Smoke in air, Chalk water mixture, Milk of Magnesia, Shaving cream, Muddy river water.


Define Sol and give one example.


Which of the following are chemical changes and which physical ? Give reason.

  1. a glass bottle breaking
  2. coal burning in air
  3. making a cake
  4. wool being knitted into a sweater

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State whether the following statement are true or false :

Alcohol can be separated from a mixture of alcohol and water by a separating funnel.


Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :

Miscible liquids are separated by .....................


Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :

The separation of liquids by fractional distillation is based on the difference in their .....................


How will you separate camphor, common salt and iron nails from their mixture ?


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One of the following does not undergo sublimation. This one is :


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