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2. (a) Jamelia is in her room studying and smells the scent of curry coming from her mom’s
cooking in the kitchen area. She thinks to herself, “Ah! Diffusion at work!”

(i) Define the term ‘diffusion’.

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(ii) Explain how the diffusion of the scent of the curry supports the particulate theory
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(iii) Diffusion is a process that can also occur in liquids. State how the arrangement
of particles in a liquid differs from that in a solid and a gas.

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(iv) Apart from diffusion, identify ONE process that supports the particulate theory of
matter and state ONE example of such a process.

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(b) Jamelia’s mom showed her that in order to cook with curry she first had to mix the curry
powder with water. Jamelia observed that the mixture resembled a chalk and water mixture
she had seen in class, except the curry mixture was brown in colour.

(i) State whether the mixture of curry powder and water is a suspension or colloid.

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(ii) State the MOST appropriate technique that could be used in a school laboratory
to separate this mixture.

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(iii) Draw a clearly labelled diagram of the apparatus that could be set up in the school
laboratory to separate the mixture of curry powder and water. In your diagram,
show the location of the separated components.

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