Grade : 10

Subject : Science
Physics
Topic : Elements Compounds and Mixture

Properties of matter
Elements, Compounds & Mixtures

(1) Identify the following as compounds and mixtures.

(a) Milk

(b) Distilled water

(c) Alloy

(d) Cake

(e) Orange juice

(f) Sugar

(g) Glucose

(h) Chicken & vegetable soup

(2) Elizabeth was hosting a birthday party for her

friends. She had made fruit salad, baked a cake,
made ice cubes from pure water, and some pizzas.
Which item is not a mixture?

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 (3) During photosynthesis green plants take in carbon
dioxide and water and make glucose with the
evolution of oxygen gas. In the above process
identify the compounds and elements.

(4) Which of the following is not a way to separate mixtures.

(a) Magnetic separation

(b) Filtration

(c) Baking a pie.

(d) Evaporation

(5) Peter while helping his mother in the kitchen, added

some salt in a glass of water. This action is a

(a) Physical change

(b) Chemical change

(c) Can be both

(d) Cannot be both

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 (6) Complete the sentences from the list of keywords given
below.

(1) Mixture

(2) Compound

(3) Homogenous mixture

(4) Heterogeneous mixture

(5) Elements.

a) Calcium carbonate is an example of

b) Mixing sand in water is an example of

c) Mixing salt in water is an example of

d) When two are more substances are put together in

any ratio is formed.

e) Pure water has two

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 (7) How will you separate the following mixtures?

a) Mixture of iron and sand.

b) Mixture of salt and water

c) Mixture of sand and water

d) Mixture of alcohol and water

e) Mixture of oil and water

(8) Which of the following has maximum energy

(a) Water

(b) Superheated steam

(c) Steam

(d) Mixture of ice and salt

(9) Identify the properties of a pure substance

(a) Fixed melting point

(b) Fixed boiling point

(c) Fixed Density

(d) All of the above

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 (10)
(a) In the lab black iron fillings and yellow sulphur
powder were kept in separate containers. The
teacher asked Susan to mix both of them and
asked her to separate them now. Will she be able
to separate them, If yes, how and why. If No,
why?

(b) The teacher now asked her to heat the mixture

created by her and asked her to separate after
heating. Will she be able to separate them, If yes,
how? If No, why?

(c) What conclusions will you draw from the experiment?

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