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Adam traveled from his home in New York down to Florida for summer vacation. So you say that Adam experienced both a change in temperature and a change of state! When we study states of matter in chemistry, it is important to focus on atoms (not Adam).
Which of the following BEST describes the differences between atoms of solid sodium and atoms of liquid sodium?

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  1. Atoms of solid sodium have smaller atomic radii than atoms of liquid sodium.

  2. Atoms of solid sodium are more chemically reactive than atoms of liquid sodium.

  3. Atoms of liquid sodium move around more freely than atoms of solid sodium.

  4. Atoms of liquid sodium experience stronger attractive forces than atoms of solid sodium.

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Correct Option: A

You mix two colorless solutions and the resulting mixture becomes cloudy. What type of reaction was observed?

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  1. A physical reaction

  2. A redox reaction

  3. A precipitation reaction

  4. An acid base reactions.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When two colourless solutions react to form a cloudy precipitate which settles at bottom of a solution then the reaction is said to be precipitation reaction.

Ex :- ${ AgNO } _{ 3 }+NaCl\rightarrow AgCl+{ NaNO } _{ 3 }$

Your lab partner mixed two colorless solutions in the test tube. He sees no observable changes in the resulting mixture and is unable to detect any change in temperature. Based on these observations, what type of reaction has taken place?

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  1. A physical reaction

  2. A chemical reaction

  3. An exothermic reaction

  4. No reaction has taken place

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

No change in temperature $-$ neither exothermic  or endothermic reaction.

as no observable change $-$  not a chemical reaction
since the liquid mixed $-$ it is a physical change.

Dissolving sugar in water is an example of:

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  1. physical change

  2. chemical change

  3. neutralisation

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sugar dissolves in water is a physical change because in this change no new substance is formed and the process is reversible in which by vaporization followed by condensation and crystallization water and sugar can be separated.

When the hot metallic substance is cooled there is __________ in its volume.

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  1. expantion

  2. contraction

  3. first contraction and then expansion

  4. no change in volume

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In general, the metallic substance expands on heating and contract on cooling.

If the substance is expanded on melting, the melting point ______ when the pressure is increased.

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  1. increases

  2. decreases

  3. remains same

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

If the substance is expanded on melting, the melting point increases when the pressure is increased, because in increased pressure substance try to be in a state where volume decreases.

Water in freezing form may break rocks into pieaces due to their property of:

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  1. expansion on freezing

  2. contraction on freezing

  3. condensation

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When water between rocks is freezing its volume increases due to which rock can break into pieces.

You are presented with three bottles $A, B, C$ each containing a different liquid. Bottles are labeled as follows:
Bottle $A$: ionic compound - Boiling point $30^{\circ}C$
Bottle $B$: molecular compound - Boiling point $29.2^{\circ}C$
Bottle $C$: molecular compound - Boiling point $67.1^{\circ}C$
Choose the correct statement.

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  1. The compound most likely to be incorrectly identified is bottle $A$

  2. The substance in bottle $B$ has stronger intermolecular attractions

  3. The substance in bottle $C$ is highly volatile

  4. A pure aqueous solution of the compound in a bottle $B$ is a good conductor of electricity among the three

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Since ionic compound has the much higher boiling point than a molecular compound. This is due to stronger intermolecular attraction.

Hence Bottle A is incorrectly identified, it should not be an ionic compound.

A filler is a substance added to make a material less expensive, or for:

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  1. Changing its acidity

  2. Changing its physical properties

  3. Reducing its chemical activity

  4. Increasing its anti-rusting power

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A filter is a substance added to make a material less expensive or for changing its physical properties.

Filter are added to alter and improve the physical and mechanical properties of plastics it does not affect the structure arrangement of substance.