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प्रश्न
Differentiate between living and non-living matter.
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उत्तर
| Living matter | Non-living matter |
| The earth is home to all kinds of plants and animals. They can grow, move and reproduce on their own. | Most of the matter in the universe is non-living. It means that it does not grow, move or reproduce on its own. |
| It is natural only. | It can be natural or man made. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The temperature of a substance remains unaffected during its change of state.
Evaporation takes place over the entire mass of the liquid.
The process of a gas converting directly into solid is called vaporization.
A gas has neither a definite volume nor a definite shape. Describe the molecular model to explain it.
Explain the change of a solid into a liquid at a constant temperature.
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The temperature at which a liquid boils is called the ................. point of that liquid.
Write true or false for the statement. Rewrite the false statement correctly.
Solids can be compressed easily.
For the following statement, say whether it describes a solid, a liquid, or a gas.
Particles are quite close together.
Match the characteristics of the three states of matter in List I with their correct answer from List II.
| List I | List II |
| 1. Are highly rigid and have a definite shape | A: Solids and gases only |
| 2. Have no definite shape | B: Solids only |
| 3. Have definite volume but no definite shape | C: Liquids and gases only |
| 4. Are highly compressible and least rigid | D: Gases only |
| 5. Have no definite volume | E: Solid, liquids and gases |
| 6. Have no definite shape and volume |
F: liquids only |
| 7. Occupy space | G: Solids and liquids only |
| 8. Are not compressible | |
| 9. Are slightly compressible | |
| 10. Have mass |
What are the similarities between a gas and a liquid?
