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Define the term matter. What is it composed of? - Physics

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Define the term matter. What is it composed of?

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  • Matter is defined based on its physical and chemical structure. It occupies space and has mass, particularly as opposed to energy.
  • Atoms and molecules are the building blocks of matter, consisting of positively charged protons, neutral neutrons, and negatively charged electrons, respectively.
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पाठ 1: Matter - Short/Long Answer Questions [पृष्ठ १६]

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सेलिना Concise Physics [English] Class 8 ICSE
पाठ 1 Matter
Short/Long Answer Questions | Q 1 | पृष्ठ १६

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Liquids have definite shape and definite volume.


When extremely small particles X derived from the anther of a flower were suspended in a liquid Y and observed through a microscope, it was found that the particles X were moving throughout the liquid Y in a very zig-zag way. It was also observed that warmer the liquid Y, faster the particles X moved on its surface.

  1. What could particles X be ?
  2. What do you think liquid Y is ?
  3. What is the zig-zag movement of X known as ?
  4. What is causing the zig-zag movement of particles X ?
  5. Name the scientist who discovered this phenomenon.
  6. What does this experiment tell us about the nature of liquid Y?

Out of a colloid, solution and a suspension :

which one has the smallest particles ?


Which of the following will show Tyndall effect ? Why ?

  1. Salt solution
  2. Starch solution
  3. Milk
  4. Copper sulphate solution

What is meant by a solution? 


Name the process by which common salt is purified.


Match the physical quantities given in column A to their S I units given in column B:

(A) (B)
(a) Pressure (i) cubic metre
(b) Temperature (ii) kilogram
(c) Density (iii) pascal
(d) Mass (iv) kelvin
(e) Volume (v) kilogram per cubic metre

Rusting of an article made up of iron is called


Non-metals are usually poor conductors of heat and electricity. They are non-lustrous, non-sonorous, non-malleable and are coloured.

Name a non-metal which exists as a liquid at room temperature.


Boiling refers to the process by which a substance changes from the liquid to the gaseous state at its ______ point.


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