Why Does Water Boil at 100°C ? : āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ 100°C āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āωāϤāϞ⧇ ?













Why Does Water Boil at 100°C ?


Boiling happens when a liquid changes into gas. Water molecules move faster as heat is added. At 100°C, water vapor pressure matches air pressure at sea level. Bubbles of water vapor then form throughout the liquid. These bubbles rise and escape as steam. That is the boiling point of water at normal atmospheric pressure.



Key Point: Water boils at 100°C at sea level because its vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure.


āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ 100°C āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āωāϤāϞ⧇ ?

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1. At what temperature does water boil at sea level ? / āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°-āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϤ āωāϤāϞ⧇ ?
A. 50°C  B. 75°C   C. 100°C   D. 150°C


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C. 100°C


2. Why does water boil at 100°C ? / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ 100°C āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āωāϤāϞ⧇ ?


A. Water freezes / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āĻŦā§°āĻĢ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
B. Vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure / āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒāϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āϚāĻžāĻĒā§° āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
C. Water becomes ice / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āĻ—ā§‹āϟ āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§‡
D. Air pressure disappears / āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āϚāĻžāĻĒ āύāĻžāχ āĻšā§ˆ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B. Vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure / āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒāϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āϚāĻžāĻĒā§° āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ



3. What is formed inside boiling water ? / āωāϤāϞāĻž āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A. Ice crystals / āĻŦā§°āĻĢ āĻ•āĻŖāĻž   B. Dust particles / āϧ⧂āϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻŖāĻž
C. Water vapor bubbles / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒā§° āĻŦ⧁āĻĻāĻŦ⧁āĻĻ  D. Salt particles / āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ– āĻ•āĻŖāĻž

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C. Water vapor bubbles / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒā§° āĻŦ⧁āĻĻāĻŦ⧁āĻĻ


4. What happens to water molecules when heat is added ? / āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻ…āϪ⧁āĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A. They stop moving / āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ  B. They move slower / āϞāĻžāĻšā§‡ āϞāĻžāĻšā§‡ āϚāϞ⧇
C. They move faster / āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ āϚāϞ⧇  D. They disappear / āύāĻžāχ āĻšā§ˆ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C. They move faster / āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ āϚāϞ⧇


5. Boiling is the change from — / āωāϤāϞāύ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ —
A. Solid to liquid / āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āϤ⧰āϞāϞ⧈  B. Liquid to gas / āϤ⧰āϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āϗ⧇āĻ›āϞ⧈
C. Gas to solid / āϗ⧇āϛ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύāϞ⧈   D. Solid to gas / āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āϗ⧇āĻ›āϞ⧈

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B. Liquid to gas / āϤ⧰āϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āϗ⧇āĻ›āϞ⧈


6. What escapes from boiling water ? / āωāϤāϞāĻž āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A. Smoke / āϧ⧋āĻā§ąāĻž  B. Steam / āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒ   C. Sand / āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋ   D. Ice / āĻŦā§°āĻĢ

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B. Steam / āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒ


7. Water boils at 100°C at — / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ 100°C āϤ āωāϤāϞ⧇ —
A. Mountain top / āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°ā§° āĻļāĻŋāĻ–ā§°āϤ  B. Sea level / āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°-āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤ
C. Underground / āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋā§° āϤāϞāϤ  D. Desert / āĻŽā§°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϤ

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B. Sea level / āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°-āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤ


8. What causes bubbles during boiling ? / āωāϤāϞāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻāĻŦ⧁āĻĻ āĻ•āĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A. Oxygen / āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ   B. Water vapor / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒ
C. Dust / āϧ⧂āϞāĻŋ  D. Salt / āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ–

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B. Water vapor / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒ


9. The boiling point of water is — / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āωāϤāϞāύāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ —
A. 0°C   B. 50°C   C. 100°C   D. 200°C

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C. 100°C


10. Which pressure becomes equal during boiling ? / āωāϤāϞāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϚāĻžāĻĒ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A. Water pressure and sound pressure / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϚāĻžāĻĒ āφ⧰⧁ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϚāĻžāĻĒ
B. Vapor pressure and atmospheric pressure / āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒāϚāĻžāĻĒ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āϚāĻžāĻĒ
C. Heat pressure and wind pressure / āϤāĻžāĻĒāϚāĻžāĻĒ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāϤāĻžāĻšāϚāĻžāĻĒ
D. Ice pressure and gas pressure / āĻŦā§°āĻĢāϚāĻžāĻĒ āφ⧰⧁ āϗ⧇āĻ›āϚāĻžāĻĒ

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B. Vapor pressure and atmospheric pressure / āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒāϚāĻžāĻĒ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āϚāĻžāĻĒ