Important Questions for CBSE Class 9 Science Chapter

2 – Is Matter Around 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
(e) Calcium oxide
(f) Mercury
(g) Brick
(h) Wood
(i) Air.

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

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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

(b) Soil

(c) Sugar solution

(d) Silver

(e) Calcium carbonate

(f) Tin

(g) Silicon

(h) Coal

(i) Air

(j) Soap

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(k) Methane

(l) Carbon dioxide

(m) Blood

Ans.

8. Which of the following are chemical changes?

(a) Growth of a plant

(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

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2 Marks Questions

1. What is meant by a substance?

Ans. Substance can be defined as that kind of matter where constituent particles cannot
be separated from each other by any physical process since they are all similar in chemical
properties.

2. How will you separate a mixture containing kerosene and petrol

(difference in their boiling points is more than ), which are miscible
with each other?

Ans. We can separate a mixture containing kerosene and petrol by distillation technique
since difference in their boiling points is more than . So through distillation we can
get them separated.

3. Name the technique to separate

(i) butter from curd,

(ii) salt from sea-water,
(iii) camphor from salt.

Ans. (i) centrifugation method.

(ii) evaporation method.
(iii) sublimation method.

4. What type of mixtures are separated by the technique of crystallisation?

Ans. From impure samples of solids, pure solid crystals can be obtained by the method of
crystallization for eg to obtain pure sugar from impure sample of the same.

5. What is a mixture? What are its various types?

Ans. A mixture is constituted by more than one substance (element/or compound) mixed
in any proportion. They are of two types:
(a) Homogenous mixture
(b) Heterogeneous mixture

6. Define solute, solvent and solution?

Ans. Solute: - It is the component of the solution which is added to the solvent.
Solvent: - It is the component of the solution to which the solute is added or it dissolves
the solute.
Solution: - It is constituted by solute and solvent.
For e.g. solution of NaCl- has NaCl as solute and water as solvent.

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7. What is a solution? What are the properties of solution?

Ans. A solution is a homogenous mixture of two or more substance. The various

properties of solution are: -
(a) It is a homogenous mixture.
(b) The particles of a solution are smaller than 1nm and hence cannot be seen by naked
eyes.
(c) It does not scatter the beam of light passing through it.
(d) The component of solution cannot be separated from each other by the process of
filtration.

8. Differentiate between elements and compounds.

Ans.

9. What is tyndall effect? Which kinds of solution show it?

Ans. The scattering of a beam of light by particles of solution when light is passed
through it is called tyndall effect. Those solutions where size of the particle is very small
for e.g. colloidal solution shows tyndall effect.

10. Differentiate between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixture?

Ans.

11. What is centrifugation? Where it is used?

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Ans. Centrifugation is a technique used for separation of constituents of mixture and is
based upon the principle that denser particles stay at bottom and lighter particles stays at
the top when spun rapidly. It is used separate cream from milk.

3 Marks Questions

1. List the points of differences between homogeneous and heterogeneous

mixtures.

Ans.

2. Differentiate between homo generous and heterogeneous mixtures with

examples.

Ans.

3. How are sol, solution and suspension different from each other?

Ans.

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4. To make a saturated solution,36 g of sodium chloride is dissolved in 100 g
of water at293 K. Find its concentration at this temperature.

Ans. Mass of sodium chloride (solute) = 36 g

Mass of water (solvent) = 100 g

Mass of solution = 36 + 100 = 136 g

Therefore, concentration percentage = mass of solute/mass of solution

= 26.47 %

5.Classify the following as chemical or physical changes:

• cutting of trees,
• melting of butter in a pan,
• rusting of almirah,
• boiling of water to form steam,
• passing of electric current, through water and the water breaking down into
hydrogen and oxygen gases,
• dissolving common salt in water,
• making a fruit salad with raw fruits, and
• burning of paper and wood.

Ans. cutting of trees = chemical change

melting of butter in a pan = physical change

rusting of almirah = chemical change

boiling of water to form steam = physical change

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passing of electric current, through water and the water breaking down into hydrogen and
oxygen gases = chemical change

dissolving common salt in water = physical change

making a fruit salad with raw fruits = physical change

burning of paper and wood = chemical change

6. Which separation techniques will you apply for the separation of the
following?

(a) Sodium chloride from its solution in water.

(b) Ammonium chloride from a mixture containing sodium chloride and
ammonium chloride.
(c) Small pieces of metal in the engine oil of a car.
(d) Different pigments from an extract of flower petals.
(e) Butter from curd.
(f) Oil from water.
(g) Tea leaves from tea.
(h) Iron pins from sand.
(i) Wheat grains from husk.
(j) Fine mud particles suspended in water.

Ans. (a) Evaporation method

(b) Sublimation method

(c) by heating and then after filtration

(d) by Chromatography

(e) by method of centrifugation

(f) by using separating funnel

(g) by filtration method using strainer

(h) with the help of a magnet

(i) by winnowing

(j) by centrifugation

7. Write the steps you would use for making tea. Use the words solution,
solvent, solute, dissolve, soluble, insoluble, filtrate and residue.

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Ans. Take more amount of solvent (water) in a pan and after heating it add little amount
of solute (sugar) to the solvent. Solute will dissolve completely in the solvent forming true
solution, then add tea leaves that are insoluble along with another soluble liquid milk.
After boiling allow filtration with a sieve so the filtrate you obtain is tea while the residue
has tea leaves that are thrown away.

8. Pragya tested the solubility of three different substances at different

temperatures and collected the data as given below(results are given in the
following table, as grams of substance dissolved in 100 grams of water to
form a saturated solution).

(a) What mass of potassium

nitrate would be needed to
produce a saturated solution
of potassium nitrate in50
grams of water at 313 K?

(b) Pragya makes a saturated

solution of potassium
chloride in water at 353 K and leaves the solution to cool at room
temperature. What would she observe as the solution cools? Explain.

(c) Find the solubility of each salt at 293 K. Which salt has the highest
solubility at this temperature?

(d) What is the effect of change of temperature on the solubility of a salt?

Ans. (a) At 313 K temperature the amount of potassium nitrate required was 62g in
100ml of water so in 50g water we will need to dissolve potassium
nitrate.

(b) At 373K saturated solution preparation needs 54g potassium nitrate and at room
temperature (293 K) saturation solution formation occurs with 35g potassium nitrate
hence = 54 – 35 = 19g potassium nitrate will precipitate out as undissolved salt.

(c) Solubilities are (in 100 mg of water) 32,36,35,37 respectively for the mentioned salts
and the highest solubility is of ammonium chloride at this temperature.

(d) Solubility of salts is directly proportional to the temperature i.e. if temperature

increases then solubility will increase and if the temperature decreases solubility will also
decrease.

9. Explain the following giving examples.

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(a) saturated solution
(b) pure substance
(c) colloid
(d) suspension

Ans. (a) saturated solution: It is a solution in which no more solute particles can be
dissolved at a particular temperature.

(b) pure substance: Such substance that has a uniform composition i.e. has particles with
identical properties is called pure substance eg sugar, salt, water, nitrogen etc.

(c) colloid: It is a kind of heterogeneous mixture/solution in which particle size is

between 1nm and 1000nm. Colloids have dispersion medium and dispersed phase.eg
smoke, milk, shaving cream, jelly, cheese etc.

(d) suspension: It is a kind of heterogeneous mixture in which insoluble solid particles

remain suspended in the medium and dispersion particles are visible to the unaided
eyes.eg muddy river water, chalk powder in water, dust storm, sand in water etc.

10. Write a method to separate different gases from air.

Ans. Air is a homogeneous mixture of various gases.

It can be separated from its various components by fractional distillation.

(a) First compress and cool the air by increasing the pressure and decreasing the
temperature.

(b) We obtain the liquid air; now allow the liquid air to warm up slowly in fractional
distillation column.

(c) The various gases separate from each other according to their boiling points at various
heights of the fractionally column.

11. What is a colloid? What are its various properties?

Ans. Colloids are the heterogeneous mixture of substances in which the particle size is
too small and cannot be seen by naked eyes.

(1) It is a heterogeneous mixture, but appears homogenous.

(2) The size of particles is too small to be individually seen by naked eyes.

(3) They scatter beam of light passing through it and makes its path visible.

(4) The particles of colloid do not settle down when left undisturbed.

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