1. āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ-2 : āφāĻŽāĻžā§° āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•āĻžāώ⧰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāύ⧇ ? (IS MATTER AROUND US PURE?)


1. āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϤ 'āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ' āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ? āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ What is meant by a “pure substance” in scientific terms? Explain with examples.


Ans: āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ “āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ” āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āĻ• āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āϝ’āϤ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āĻāϟāĻž āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āϤāĻžā§° āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϤ ā§°āĻžāϏāĻžā§ŸāύāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻāϕ⧇āχ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻšā§‡āύāĻŋ, āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ– (NaCl), āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ āϗ⧇āĻ› (O₂)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 (O₂).


2. āĻ—āĻžāϖ⧀⧰ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ⧟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻšā§Ÿ ? Why are milk and soil not pure substances?


Ans: āĻ—āĻžāϖ⧀⧰āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀, āϚāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§ā§°āϟāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇; āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ āĻ–āύāĻŋāϜ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ, āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻœā§€ā§ąāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻšā§‡ āĻāχāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ 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 āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ? āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖā§° āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤ What is a mixture? Write two main characteristics of a mixture.


Ans: āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤ⧋āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŽāĻŋāĻšāϞāĻŋ āĻšā§ˆ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤


āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ: i. āϭ⧌āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāϤ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻ• āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤ ii. āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĻŦ⧋⧰⧇ āύāĻŋāϜ⧰ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻŦāϜāĻžāχ ā§°āĻžāϖ⧇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. āĻšā§‡āύāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āύ⧇āĻŽāĻ–ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ – āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻŋ⧟ ? Differentiate between sugar and salt – which are pure substances and why?


Ans: āĻšā§‡āύāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ– āĻĻā§ā§Ÿā§‹āϟāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤ āĻšā§‡āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϕ⧇ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻ…āϪ⧁ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ–āϤ āĻāϕ⧇ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻ†ā§Ÿāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇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§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ (Soft Drink) āφ⧰⧁ āĻ–āύāĻŋāϜ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻŋ⧟ ? Why are soft drinks and mineral water mixtures?


Ans: āĻāχāĻŦā§‹ā§°āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀, āϗ⧇āĻ›, āĻšā§‡āύāĻŋ, ā§°āĻ™ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĢā§āϞ⧇āĻ­āĻžā§° āφāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻšā§‡ āĻāχāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖāĨ¤ They contain water, gases, sugar, colours, and flavours. Therefore, they are mixtures.


6. āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ ? āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ What are the types of mixtures ? Explain with examples.


Ans: i.  āϏāĻŽāϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ (Homogeneous Mixture). āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏāĻŽāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āϞ⧋āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀, āĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§āĨ¤ The components are uniformly mixed. Examples: Salt water, air.


ii. āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻŽāϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ (Heterogeneous Mixture). āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ, āϤ⧇āϞ-āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āĨ¤ The components are not uniformly mixed. Examples: Soil, oil and water. 


7. āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒā§€āĻ­āĻŦāύ (Evaporation) āϭ⧌āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ⧟ ? Why is evaporation a physical process ?


Ans: āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒā§€āĻ­āĻŦāύāϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϤāύ āĻšā§Ÿ, āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āύāĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻšā§‡ āχ āϭ⧌āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋ⧟āĻžāĨ¤ In evaporation, only the physical state changes and no new substance is formed. Therefore, it is a physical process.


8. āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻžāϚ⧰ āĻ—āĻŋāϞāĻžāϚāϤ āĻšā§‡āύāĻŋ, āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ– āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āĻŽāĻŋāĻšāϞāĻžāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻ•’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻŦāύ⧇? Can a mixture be formed by mixing sugar, salt, and water in a glass ?


Ans: āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ, āĻ•āĻŋ⧟āύ⧋ āĻšā§‡āύāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ– āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϤ āĻ—āϞāĻŋ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ Yes. It is a homogeneous mixture because sugar and salt dissolve completely in water.


9. āĻĒ⧇āϕ⧇āϟāϤ "āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻŦāύ⧇ ? Can packaged products labelled “pure” be called scientifically pure ?


Ans: āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ “āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϭ⧇āϜāĻžāϞāĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻŦāĻšā§ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏ⧇āχāĻŸā§‹ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ (No. Generally, “pure” means free from adulteration. But scientifically, if it contains many components, it is a mixture.)

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