1. āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻžā§-2 : āĻāĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāώ⧰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻŦā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧāύ⧠? (IS MATTER AROUND US PURE?)
1. āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻā§āϤ 'āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ' āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§? āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ What is meant by a “pure substance” in scientific terms? Explain with examples.
Ans: āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ “āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ āϝ’āϤ āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻāĻāĻž āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āϤāĻžā§° āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻ
āĻāĻļāϤ ā§°āĻžāϏāĻžā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻšā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻā§āύāĻŋ, āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ (NaCl), āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻ (Oâ)āĨ¤
Scientifically, a pure substance is a substance that contains only one kind of component and has the same chemical properties throughout.
Examples: Sugar, common salt (NaCl), oxygen gas (Oâ).
2. āĻāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻšā§ ? Why are milk and soil not pure substances?
Ans: āĻāĻžāĻā§ā§°āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύā§, āĻāϰā§āĻŦāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§; āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāύāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ, āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āϏā§ā§ā§āĻšā§ āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§° āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻšā§āĨ¤ Milk contains water, fat, and proteins, while soil contains minerals, sand, and organic matter. Therefore, they are mixtures and not pure substances.
3. āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§? āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖā§° āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤ What is a mixture? Write two main characteristics of a mixture.
Ans: āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤā§āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŽāĻŋāĻšāϞāĻŋ āĻšā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤
āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝ: i. āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤ ii. āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āĻā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
A mixture is formed when two or more pure substances are mixed together.
Characteristics: i. Components can be separated by physical methods. ii. Components retain their individual properties.
4. āĻā§āύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āύā§āĻŽāĻā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ – āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻŋā§ ? Differentiate between sugar and salt – which are pure substances and why?
Ans: āĻā§āύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ āĻĻā§ā§ā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤ āĻā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻā§ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻ āĻŖā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻāϤ āĻāĻā§ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻā§āύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ (Both sugar and salt are pure substances. Sugar contains the same type of molecules, and salt contains the same type of ions.)
5. āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§ (Soft Drink) āĻā§°ā§ āĻāύāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻŋā§ ? Why are soft drinks and mineral water mixtures?
Ans: āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§°āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύā§, āĻā§āĻ, āĻā§āύāĻŋ, ā§°āĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĢā§āϞā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āϏā§ā§ā§āĻšā§ āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§° āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖāĨ¤ They contain water, gases, sugar, colours, and flavours. Therefore, they are mixtures.
6. āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ ? āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ What are the types of mixtures ? Explain with examples.
Ans: i. āϏāĻŽāϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ (Homogeneous Mixture). āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĻŦā§ā§° āϏāĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϞā§āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāύā§, āĻŦāĻžā§ā§āĨ¤ The components are uniformly mixed. Examples: Salt water, air.
ii. āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻŽāϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ (Heterogeneous Mixture). āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĻŦā§ā§° āĻ āϏāĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ, āϤā§āϞ-āĻĒāĻžāύā§āĨ¤ The components are not uniformly mixed. Examples: Soil, oil and water.
7. āĻŦāĻžāώā§āĻĒā§āĻāĻŦāύ (Evaporation) āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§ā§°āĻŋā§āĻž āĻāĻŋā§ ? Why is evaporation a physical process ?
Ans: āĻŦāĻžāώā§āĻĒā§āĻāĻŦāύāϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϤāύ āĻšā§, āύāϤā§āύ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āύāĻšā§āĨ¤ āϏā§ā§ā§āĻšā§ āĻ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§ā§°āĻŋā§āĻžāĨ¤ In evaporation, only the physical state changes and no new substance is formed. Therefore, it is a physical process.
8. āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻāϤ āĻā§āύāĻŋ, āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāĻšāϞāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻ’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻŦāύā§? Can a mixture be formed by mixing sugar, salt, and water in a glass ?
Ans: āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻŽāϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ, āĻāĻŋā§āύ⧠āĻā§āύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāϞāĻŋ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤ Yes. It is a homogeneous mixture because sugar and salt dissolve completely in water.
9. āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻāϤ "āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ" āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻŦā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻ’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻŦāύ⧠? Can packaged products labelled “pure” be called scientifically pure ?
Ans: āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠“āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻžāϞāĻŽā§āĻā§āϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻšā§āĨ¤ (No. Generally, “pure” means free from adulteration. But scientifically, if it contains many components, it is a mixture.)