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Questions Related to physical changes

State whether true or false :

Cutting a log of wood into pieces is a chemical change.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cutting a log to wood into piece does not change the composition of wood hence it is not a chemical change.


It can be defined as physical irreversible change.

Hence the given statement is false.

Changes in which only ____________ properties of a substance change are called physical changes.

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  1. chemical

  2. physical

  3. biological

  4. environmental

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Physical properties $-$ Shape, state of the substance size etc.

because these changes does not change the composition of the substance

Pick up the correct statement:

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  1. Boiling points of alkyl halides are greater than those of the corresponding alkanes.

  2. In water, the solubility decreases as $CH _3OH > C _2H _5OH > C _6H _5OH$.

  3. Aniline is a weaker base than ammonia.

  4. All of the above.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

$(A)$  Boiling point $X$ molecular mass of compound hence alkyl halide have greater boiling point

$(B)$  More is the mass of the compound, less is the solubility.
               ${ CH } _{ 3 }OH>{ C } _{ 2 }{ H } _{ 5 }OH>{ C } _{ 6 }{ H } _{ 5 }OH$

$(C)$  Lone pair of aniline in resonance hence a weaker base.

Iron rod turns red on heating. The change is a ___________ .

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  1. Physical change

  2. Temperature change

  3. Physical and chemical change

  4. Chemical change

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Correct Option: A

Physical changes are ________.

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  1. Temporary

  2. Permanent

  3. Irreversible

  4. Endothermic

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In a physical change, the substances are not altered chemically. No new products are formed. 
A physical change can affect the size, shape or color of a substance but does not affect its composition. The substances may be changed to another phase (i.e. gas, liquid, solid) or separated or combined so physical changes are temporary.

Examples:
when ice melts
when sulfur is mixed with iron filings. 
breaking a glass 
dissolving sugar in water

Maximum conductivity would be of : 

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  1. $K _{3}Fe(CN) _{6}[0.1 M Solution]$

  2. $K _{3}Ni(CN) _{6}[0.1 M Solution]$

  3. $FeSO _{4}.Al _{2}(SO _{4}) _{3}.24H _{2}O[0.1 M Solution]$

  4. $Na _{3}[Ag(S _{2}O _{3}) _{2}][0.1 M Solution]$

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Correct Option: C

Which of them is not the characteristics of a physical change?

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  1. Change in the physical properties

  2. New substances are formed

  3. Reversible reaction

  4. Original substance can be riveted back

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

1) A physical change is temporary and is usually reversible.
2) No new substances are formed during a physical change.
3) There is no change in mass of the substance during a physical change.
4) There is no net absorption or release of energy during a physical change.

The process in which the state of a substance changes from solid to liquid is called:

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  1. boiling

  2. condensation

  3. freezing

  4. melting

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When a solid is heated, the particles are given more energy and start to vibrate faster. At a certain temperature, the particles vibrate so much that their ordered structure breaks down. At this point the solid melts into liquid. This temperature change from solid to liquid is called  the melting point. Each solid has a set melting point at normal air pressure, but at higher altitudes the melting point lowers.

On decreasing temperature, a liquid turns into solid. This is:

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  1. condensation

  2. melting

  3. freezing

  4. sublimation

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

On decreasing temperature, a liquid turns in to solid, this process is called Freezing. Freezing or solidification is a phase transition state.
Most liquids freeze by crystallization. formation of crystalline solid from the uniform liquid. this is a first-order thermodynamic phase transition i.e as long as solid and liquid coexist the temperature of the whole system remains very nearly equal to the melting point due to slow removal of heat when in contact with the air, which is a poor heat conductor.

When a solid directly turns into gaseous state, it is called:

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  1. sublimation

  2. condensation

  3. polymerisation

  4. melting

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through the intermediate liquid phase. Sublimation is an endothermic phase transition that occurs at temperatures and pressures below a substance's triple point in its phase diagram. The reverse process of sublimation is desublimation or deposition.