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Earn 100

Differentiate between soluble substances and insoluble substances.

Important Questions on Matter

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Why liquids can flow but solids cannot?
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How do solids differ from gases?
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Describe how one state of matter can be changed to another taking water as an example.
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Give reasons for the following:

A gas cannot be stored in an open jar.

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Give reasons for the following:
The volume of water does not change when sugar is dissolved in it.
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Complete the following table.

 

State Add New State Process
Solid +heat ? ?
Liquid +heat ? ?
gas +cold ? ?
liquid +cold ? ?
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Take a dry sponge. Put it in a dish of water and squeeze it underwater. You can see bubbles coming out. What are these bubbles? Where are they coming from? Sponge is supposed to be solid. How do you then manage to squeeze it? Try to find out the reason for this.
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The melting points of a few things are given in the table below.

Chocolate Wax Ice sticks Aluminium
32°C 45 °C 0 °C 660 °C

Answer the following questions using the information from the table. Chocolate turns soft and sticky in summer but not in winter. Why?