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प्रश्न
Soda bottle bursts sometimes when it is opened during summer. Why?
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उत्तर
- In a soda bottle, carbon dioxide gas is dissolved in water under pressure.
- The gas in the bottle expands.
- Hence, the pressure inside the bottle increases.
- Thus the bottle may burst in hot summer.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A fuel when used releases least amount of pollutants in the air.
Fill in the blank space by choosing the correct word from the given list.
List: oxygen, carbonic, suIphurUioxide gas, precipitation, helium
Dust particles help in the ________ of water vapour in air.
Tick (√) the most appropriate answer.
Symbiotic bacteria is not present in the nodules of :
Complete and balance the following equation
CaO + H2O →
Match the statements in List 1 with the correct answers in List 2
| List 1 | List 2 | ||
| 1 | An impurity in air | A | Water vapour |
| 2 | The component of air which supports combustion | B | Respiration |
| 3 | The inert component in the air slightly soluble in water | C | Rare gases |
| 4 | The component of air which minimizes the rate of evaporation | D | Sulphur dioxide |
| 5 | The process which involves oxidation of food substance in living organisms | E | Helium |
| 6 | The component of air which finds application in observation balloons | F | Carbon dioxide |
| 7 | The process which involves oxidation of substances, liberating heat and light energy | G | Combustion |
| 8 | The component of air which is heavier than air and fairly soluble in water | H | Nitrogen |
| 9 | The process by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is absorbed by plants resulting in the formation of carbohydrates | I | Photosynthesis |
| 10 | The component of air which is lighter than air and less than 1% in air | J | Oxygen |
The diagrams below represents an experiment to show the presence of a component of air.

- State why air is sucked from – outlet ‘B’ and not from outlet “A”
- State why the air is sucked ‘slowly’ from the outlet “B”
- State the observation seen after completion of the experiment.
- State the reason for the above observation seen.
- Name another component which if present in air as a pollutant would have given a similar observation
_______ and ______ are the two gases, which when taken together, make up about 99 percentage of air.
- Nitrogen
- carbon-di-oxide
- Noble gases
- Oxygen
How will you prove that air supports burning?
A gas that neither burns nor supports burning is ______.
Explain the following observations very briefly
Breathing through mouth may harm you.
