Changes Around Us - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: Why is ring of iron blade heated before fixing it into handle of a tool?
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Ring of iron blade heated before fixing it into handle of a tool because on heating ring becomes slightly larger in size, therefore it expand and handle fits easily into it.
Q2: What happens when we keep on heating water in a pan?
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When we keep on heating water in a pan, the quantity of water in the pan decreases.
Q3: Write two examples of changes which can be reversed.
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a) Drying the wet clothes.
b) Liquid water into water vapour.
Q4: Why is the quantity of water in a pan decreases when we keeps on heating it?
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The quantity of water in a pan decreases when we keeps on heating it because water changes into its vapour
Q5: Which of the following are reversible changes:
Breaking a toy.
Melting of ice cream.
Preparing curd from milk
Changing shape of cloth by folding it.
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Melting of ice cream and changing shape of cloth by folding it.
Q6: Write two examples of changes which cannot be reversed?
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a) Breaking a glass.
b) Preparing curd from milk.
Q7: Write True or false:
Ripening of apple is a reversible change
Metal expands on heating.
Shortening the length of dress by folding it is not a reversible change.
Cooling the hot milk is a reversible change.
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False
True
False
True
Q8: Conversion of water into water vapour is a reversible change. Why?
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Conversion of water into water vapour is a reversible change because water vapour when cooled gets converted into liquid water again.
Q9: A blacksmith heats a piece of iron till it becomes red hot and then beats it into a desired shape. What changes have taken palace in iron on heating?
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An iron expands and becomes soft on heating. Then it can be changed into desired shape.
Q10: On lightening the candle its length decreases. How can this be reversed?
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If we take some wax in a pan and heat it, this change can be reversed.
Q11: Melting of ice is a reversible change. Why?
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Melting of ice is a reversible change because on melting ice changes into water but the water can again be freezed to change it into ice
Q12: How can a change occur in a substance?
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A change may occur by heating a substance or by mixing it with some other.
Q13: What changes occur in a match stick used for lightening? What type of change is it?
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Match stick changes into ash and this is a change that cannot be reversed.
Q14: We dissolve salt in water. How can we reverse this change?
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We can reverse this change by evaporation of water by which salt can be obtained. Water vapours are condensed to get liquid water.