CBSE

Class 9 Science
Important Questions
Chapter 2
Is Matter Aroud Us Pure

1 Marks Questions

1. Try segregating the things around you as pure substances or mixtures.

Ans. You can do it by yourself like try mixing chalk powder and water then separate them.

2. Classify each of the following as a homogeneous or heterogeneous mixture.

soda water, wood, air, soil, vinegar, filtered tea.

Ans.

3. How would you confirm that a colourless liquid given to you is pure water?

Ans. If we allow the given liquid to evaporate by heating it as in a clean china dish so:

any residue remaining in the china dish will indicate that water is not pure but
contains impurities.
no residue in china dish will indicate that water is pure.

4. Which of the following materials fall in the category of a “pure substance”?

(a) Ice
(b) Milk
(c) Iron
(d) Hydrochloric acid

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(e) Calcium oxide
(f) Mercury
(g) Brick
(h) Wood
(i) Air.

Ans. Pure substances are: ice, iron, hydrochloric acid, calcium oxide, mercury.

5. Identify the solutions among the following mixtures.

(a) Soil

(b) Sea water

(c) Air

(d) Coal

(e) Soda water.

Ans. Sea water, air and soda water are solutions.

6. Which of the following will show “Tyndall effect”?

(a) Salt solution

(b)Milk

(c) Copper sulphate solution

(d) Starch solution.

Ans. Milk and starch solution have larger particles since they are not true solutions so they
will show tyndall effect.

7. Classify the following into elements, compounds and mixtures.

(a) Sodium

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(b) Soil

(c) Sugar solution

(d) Silver

(e) Calcium carbonate

(f) Tin

(g) Silicon

(h) Coal

(i) Air

(j) Soap

(k) Methane

(l) Carbon dioxide

(m) Blood

Ans.

8. Which of the following are chemical changes?

(a) Growth of a plant

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(b) Rusting of iron

(c) Mixing of iron filings and sand

(d) Cooking of food

(e) Digestion of food

(f) Freezing of water

(g) Burning of a candle.

Ans. Rusting of iron, cooking of food, digestion of food, burning of a candle are chemical
changes.

9.Which of the following solution scatter light?

(a) colloidal solution

(b) suspension

(c) both

(d) none

Ans. (c) both

10. Which of the following methods would you use to separate cream from milk?

(a) fractional distillation

(b) distillation

(c) centrifugation

(d) filtration

Ans. (c) centrifugation

11.Cooking of food and digestion of food:

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(a) are both physical processes

(b) are both chemical processes

(c) cooking is physical whereas digestion is chemical

(d) cooking is chemical whereas digestion physical

Ans. (b) are both chemical processes

12. Mercury and Bromine are both

(a) liquid at room temperature

(b) solid at room temperature

(c) gases at room temperature

(d) both (a) and (b)

Ans. (a) liquid at room temperature

13. Blood and sea water are:

(a) both mixtures

(b) both are compound

(c) blood is a mixture whereas sea water is a compound

(d) blood is a compound and sea water is a mixture

Ans. (a) both mixtures

14. Sol and Gel are examples of examples of

(a) Solid-solid colloids

(b) Sol is a solid-liquid colloid and Gel is liquid solid colloid

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(c) Sol is a solid-solid colloid and Gel is a solid-liquid colloid

(d) Sol is a liquid-solid colloid and Gel is a solid-liquid colloid

Ans. (b) Sol is a solid-liquid colloid and Gel is liquid solid colloid

15. In a water-sugar solution:

(1) water is solute and sugar is solvent

(2) water is solvent and sugar is solute

(3) water is solute and water is also solute

(4) none of these

Ans. (b) Sol is a solid-liquid colloid and Gel is liquid solid colloid

16. Boron and carbon:

(a) are metalloids

(b) boron is metalloid and carbon is non-metal

(c) boron is metallic and carbon is a metal

(d) boron is non-metal and carbon is a metalloid

Ans. (a) are metalloids

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