Is Matter Around Us Pure Class 9 Extra Questions Very

Short Answer Questions

Question 2.
Sucrose (sugar) crystals obtained from sugarcane and beetroot are mixed together.
Will it be a pure substance or a mixture? Give reasons for the same.

Question 3.
Based on which factor a solution is said to be diluted, concentrated or saturated?

Question 4.
Identify solute and solvent in ‘tincture of iodine’..

Question 5.
What is mass per cent of a solution?

Question 6.
What are the two components of a colloidal solution?

Question 7.
In what respect does a true solution differ from a colloidal solution?

Question 8.
Two liquids ‘A’ and ‘B’ are miscible with each other at room temperature. Which
separation technique will you apply to separate the mixture of ‘A’ and ‘B’ if the
difference in their boiling points is 27°C?

Question 9.
Define crystallisation.
Question 10.
Why is crystallisation technique considered better than simple evaporation to purify
solids?

Question 11.
Why is water called universal solvent?

Question 12.
Which of the following are physical changes?
Melting of iron metal, rusting of iron, bending of iron rod, drawing a wire of iron
metal.

Question 13.
Name two elements which exist in liquid state at room temperature.

Question 14.
An unknown substance ‘A’ on thermal decomposition produces ‘B’ and ‘C’. What is
‘A’—an element, a compound or a mixture?

Question 15.
Identify the elements from the following substances: sulphur, brine, hydrochloric
acid, water, neon, paper, sugar.

Is Matter Around Us Pure Class 9 Extra Questions Short

Question 2.
Why is it not possible to distinguish particles of a solute from the solvent in solution?
Question 3.
Explain why particles of a colloidal solution do not settle down when left undisturbed,
while in the case of a suspension they do. [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 4.
Identify colloids and true solutions from the following:
Pond water, fog, aluminium paint, vinegar and glucose solution.

Question 5.
Give two examples each for

 Aerosol,
 Emulsion.

Question 6.
Smoke and fog both are aerosols. In what way are they different? [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 7.
What do you understand by the term distillation? Give its one application.

Question 8.
While diluting a solution of salt in water, a student by mistake added acetone (boiling
point 56°C). What technique can be employed to get back the acetone? Justify your
choice.

Question 9.
Define chromatography and give its one application.

Question 10.
Rain water stored in a tank contains sand grains, unfiltrable clay particles, calcium
carbonate, salt, pieces of paper and some air bubbles. Select from amongst these
one example each of a solvent, a solute, a colloid and a suspension..

Question 11.
Classify the following as physical or chemical properties:
(a) The composition of a sample of steel is 98% iron, 1.5% carbon and 0.5% other
elements.
(b) Zinc dissolves in hydrochloric acid with the evolution of hydrogen gas.
(c) Metallic sodium is soft enough to be cut with a knife.
(d) Most metal oxides form alkalis on interacting with water. [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 12.
Give two points of differences between an element and a compound.
Answer:

Question 13.
Which of the following are not compounds?
(a) Chlorine gas
(b) Potassium chloride
(c) Iron
(d) Iron sulphide
(e) Aluminium
(f) Iodine
(g) Carbon
(h) Carbon monoxide
(i) Sulphur powder

Question 14.
Is water an element or a compound? Give reason in support of your statement

Question 15.
Identify the dispersed phase and dispersing medium in the following colloids.
(a) Fog
(b) Cheese
(c) Coloured gemstone

Question 16.
Describe any three properties of colloid.

Question 17.
State the principle of separating two immiscible liquids by separating funnel.
Describe an activity with diagram to separate a mixture of water and kerosene oil.
Answer:

Question 18.
What would you observe when
(a) a saturated solution of potassium chloride prepared at 60°C is allowed to cool at
room temperature?
(b) an aqueous sugar solution is heated to dryness?
(c) a mixture of iron filings and sulphur powder is heated strongly? [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 19.
Suggest separation technique (s) one would need to employ to separate the
following mixtures:
(a) Mercury and water
(b) Potassium chloride and ammonium chloride
(c) Common salt, water and sand
(d) Kerosene oil, water and salt.

Question 20.
Name the process associated with the following:
(a) Dry ice is kept at room temperature and at one atmospheric pressure.
(b) A potassium permanganate crystal is in a beaker and water is poured into the
beaker with stirring.
(c) An acetone bottle is left open and the bottle becomes empty.
(d) Milk is churned to separate cream from it.
(e) Settling of sand when a mixture of sand and water is left undisturbed for some
time.
(f) Fine beam of light entering through a small hole in a dark room, illuminates the
particles in its paths. [NCERT Exemplar]
Question 21.
On heating, calcium carbonate gets converted into calcium oxide and carbon
dioxide.
(a) Is this a physical or a chemical change?
(b) Can you prepare one acidic and one basic solution by using the products formed
in the above process? If so, write the chemical equation involved. [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 22.
Non-metals are usually poor conductors of heat and electricity. They are non-
lustrous, non-sonorous, non-malleable and are coloured.
(a) Name a lustrous non-metal.
(b) Name a non-metal which exists as a liquid at room temperature.
(c) The allotropic form of a non-metal is a good conductor of electricity. Name the
allotrope.
(d) Name a non-metal which is known to form the largest number of compounds.
(e) Name a non-metal other than carbon which shows allotropy.
(f) Name a non-metal which is required for combustion. [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 23.
Classify the following into metals, non-metals and metalloids:
(i) Germanium
(ii) Boron
(iii) Diamond
(iv) Iodine
(v) Copper
(vi) Helium.

Question 24.
Classify the following into elements, compounds and mixtures.
(i) Pure sand
(ii) Air
(iii) Ammonia gas
(iv) Ice
(v) Glass
(vi) CaO.

Question 25.
Differentiate between a true solution and a colloid.
Question 26.
Distinguish between physical change and chemical change.
Answer:

Question 27.
Distinguish between metals and non-metals.

Question 28.
Distinguish between compounds and mixtures.

Question 29.
A group of students took an old shoe box and covered it with a black paper from all
sides. They fixed a source of light (a torch) at one end of the box by making a hole in
it and made another hole on the other side to view the light. They placed a milk
sample contained in a beaker/tumbler in the box as shown in the figure. They were
amazed to see that milk taken in the tumbler was illuminated. They tried the same
activity by taking a salt solution but found that light simply passed through it.
(a) Explain why the milk sample was illuminated. Name the phenomenon involved.

(b) Same results were not observed with a salt solution. Explain.
(c) Can you suggest two more solutions which would show the same effect as
shown by the milk solution? [NCERT Exemplar].
Question 30.
Fractional distillation is suitable for separation of miscible liquids with a boiling point
difference of about 25 K or less. What part of fractional distillation apparatus makes
it efficient and possess an advantage over a simple distillation process? Explain
using a diagram. .

Question 31.
A child wanted to separate the mixture of dyes constituting a sample of ink. He
marked a line by the ink on the filter paper and placed the filter paper in a glass
containing water as shown in figure. The filter paper was removed when the water
moved near the top of the filter paper.

(i) What would you expect to see, if the ink contains three different coloured
components?
(ii) Name the technique used by the child.
(iii) Suggest one more application of this technique. [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 32.
You are provided with a mixture containing sand, iron filings, ammonium chloride
and sodium chloride. Describe the procedures you would use to separate these
constituents from the mixture. [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 33.
Classify each of the following as a physical or a chemical change. Give reasons.
(a) Drying of a shirt in the sun.
(b) Rising of hot air over a radiator.
(c) Burning of kerosene in a lantern.
(d) Change in the colour of black tea on adding lemon juice to it.
(e) Churning of milk cream to get butter. [NCERT Exemplar]
Question 34.
Show diagrammatically how water is purified in the waterworks system and list the
processes involved.

Question 35.
Iron filings and sulphur were mixed together and divided into two parts ‘A’ and ‘S’.
Part ‘A’ was heated strongly while Part ‘S’ was not heated. Dilute hydrochloric acid
was added to both the parts and evolution of gas was seen in both the cases. How
will you identify the gases evolved?
[NCERT Exemplar]

Numericals
Question 1.
0.5 g of salt is dissolved in 25 g of water. Calculate the percentage amount of the
salt in the solution.

Question 2.

Question 3.
A solution has been prepared by mixing 5.6 mL of alcohol with 75 mL of water.
Calculate the percentage (by volume) of alcohol in the solution.

Question 4.
A solution contains 30 g of glucose, 20 g of salt in 500 mL of water. Calculate the
mass per cent of
(a) glucose,
(b) salt (density of water = 1 g /mL).

Question5.

During an experiment the students were asked to prepare a 10% (Mass/Mass)

Question 6.
Calculate the mass of sodium sulphate required to prepare its 20% (mass per cent)
solution in 100 g of water. [NCERT Exemplar]
Question 7.
Calculate the mass of water and glucose required to make 250 g of 40% solution of
glucose.

Question 8.
How much water should be mixed with 12 mL of alcohol so as to obtain 12% alcohol
solution?

Question 1.
(a) Under which category of mixtures will you classify alloys and why?
(b) A solution is always a liquid. Comment.
(c) Can a solution be heterogeneous? [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 2.
The teacher instructed three students A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ respectively to prepare a 50%
(mass by volume) solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH). ‘A’ dissolved 50 g of NaOH
in 100 mL of water, ‘B’ dissolved 50 g of NaOH in 100 g of water while ‘C’ dissolved
50 g of NaOH in water to make 100 mL of solution. Which one of them has made the
desired solution and why? [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 3.
Explain why filter paper cannot be used to separate colloids.

Question 4.
Three students A, B and C prepared mixtures using chalk powder, common salt and
milk respectively in water. Whose mixture:
(i) would not leave residue on filter paper after filtration?
(ii) would show Tyndall effect?
(iii) would give transparent/clear solution?
(iv) would settle down at the bottom when left undisturbed?
(v) could be filtered by filter paper?

Question 5.
Can we separate alcohol dissolved in water by using a separating funnel? If yes, then
describe the procedure. If not, explain. [NCERT Exemplar]

Question 6.
What is the reason for running cold water through condenser from lower side to
upper side in distillation process?
Question 7.] You are given two samples of water labelled as ‘A’ and ‘B’. Sample ‘A’
boils at 100°C and sample ‘B’ boils at 102°C. Which sample of water will not freeze at
0°C? Comment. [ NCERT Exemplar