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Physical Science 10
Classification of matter 2

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Question 1
1.1 Give the name and symbol of two metals.

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1.2 Give the name and symbol of two non-metals.

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1.3 Give the name and symbol of two metalloids.

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Question 2 (Submit the answers to this question via the quiz.)

There are general statements that we can make about metals, non-metals and metalloids that are true for
most of the elements in these categories, even if there are some exceptions. Complete the table below making
such general statements, using one of the following words or phrases for each block:

• Dull • Medium
• Gases • Poor
• Gases or solids • Shiny
• Gases, liquids or solids • Shiny or dull
• Good • Solids
• Liquids • Transparent

PROPERTIES METALS NON-METALS METALLOIDS

Appearance
Phase at room
temperature
Thermal conductor
Electrical conductor

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Question 3
What is the difference between a thermal conductor and an insulator?

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Question 4

Define a ferromagnetic substance and name the ferromagnetic elements.

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Question 5
How can the electrical conductivity of a semi-metal be increased?

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Question 6

What are all solids, liquids and gases made of?

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Question 7

There are two sealed rooms, A and B, with the same type of gas inside each room, at the same, constant
temperature. The rooms are equal in size. Room B contains half the amount of gas that is present in room A

7.1 In which room, A or B, will the gas inside the room have the highest average kinetic energy?
Explain your answer.

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7.2 Explain why a gas inside a room exerts pressure on the walls of the room?

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7.3 In which room, A or B, will the pressure of the gas inside the room be the highest? Explain
your answer.

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7.4 If the size of room A and the amount of gas in room A are kept the same, how could the
average speed of the particles inside room A be increased?

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7.5 If some perfume is sprayed in the corner of each room, and a person stands in the opposite
corner of each room to where it was sprayed, which person will smell the perfume first, the
one in room A or room B? Explain your answer.

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Question 8
Which of the phases of matter does not undergo diffusion? Explain why this is so.

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Question 9

Describe, in detail, what happens on a molecular level, and why, when a gas consisting of
molecules cools to become a liquid. (In other words, describe what happens to the
molecules, and how they behave, as the gas cools to become a liquid, and why they behave
the way they do).

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