Chapter: Matter in Our Surroundings
Very Short Answer Questions (1 mark)
1. What is matter?
2. Name the three physical states of matter.
3. What is diffusion?
4. What is boiling point?
5. Define sublimation.
6. Give two examples of substances that sublime.
7. What is the SI unit of temperature?
8. At what temperature does water boil on Celsius scale?
9. What is meant by latent heat?
10. What happens to the temperature of a substance during a change of state?
Short Answer Questions (2-3 marks)
11. Why do solids have a definite shape and volume?
12. Explain why gases can be compressed easily.
13. Why do liquids flow easily but solids don’t?
14. What is the effect of pressure on the boiling point of water?
15. Explain evaporation with examples.
16. Why does sweating cool our body?
17. Give two differences between evaporation and boiling.
18. Why does a desert cooler cool better on a hot, dry day?
Short Answer Questions (3-4 marks)
19. Define and explain Brownian motion. What does it prove?
20. State the characteristics of particles of matter.
21. Explain how diffusion takes place in gases with an example.
22. What are the factors affecting evaporation?
23. Why are solids rigid while liquids are not?
24. Explain latent heat with suitable example.
25. Describe an activity to show that air has mass.
Long Answer Questions (5 marks and above)
26. Describe the differences between solid, liquid and gas in a tabular form (at least five points).
27. What happens when heat is supplied to a solid? Discuss melting, fusion and change in
temperature involved.
28. Explain the process of evaporation. What factors affect it? How does it cause cooling?
29. Describe the interconversion of the three states of matter with the help of a diagram.
30. Draw the heating curve of water and explain all its parts in detail.
Diagram or Activity Based Questions
31. Draw and explain the water heating/cooling curve.
32. Draw labeled diagrams to show sublimation experiment.
33. Explain any activity to show that particles of matter are always moving.
34. Diagram of a setup to show evaporation causes cooling.
Higher Order Thinking Skill Questions (HOTS)
35. Why does a piece of camphor decrease in size if left open?
36. Why do we store gasoline in closed containers?
37. Why does ice float on water (though both are same substance)?
38. Why does naphthalene ball kept in open shrink with time but never liquefy?
39. You are given two samples: water and alcohol. Both evaporate at room temperature. Which
one will evaporate faster and why?
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