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Chapter 1- Kinetic Theory and Diffusion 1

1. Which statement is not correct for the three states of matter?
a) Liquids are less dense than the solids.
b) In solids, the only possible movement is vibration.
c) In a gas, the particles are attracted strongly to each other.

d) Ice is less dense than the liquid water.

2. Which statements are true for water in terms of its particles structure when one can swim
through water?
I)

The particles of water can move.

II)

In a Liquid, some gaps have appeared.

III)

The particles can be pushed aside.

I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III.

3. Ice starts melting when kept in air. Which is the name for the conversion of ice into water?
a) melting
b) freezing
c) evaporation
d) boiling
4. Ammonium chloride is a white solid crystalline solid which evaporates on heating without forming
liquid and it appears further up of the test tube as condensate. What is called this conversion?
a) Condensation
b) Freezing
c) Sublimation
d) Distillation

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5. Ethanol vapors condense to form liquid ethanol at a certain temperature only. Which is the correct
term for this temperature?
a) Melting point
b) Freezing point
c) Sublimation point
d) Boiling point
6. Which statements are true for both the processes of evaporation and boiling?
I. Evaporation takes place at all temperatures.
II. Boiling takes place at all temperatures.
III. Boling takes place only at a certain temperature.
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III.
7. A gas jar containing brown bromine gas is attached to another gas jar of air. Which statements are
true when bromine gas is allowed to mix with air of the other jar?
I) The color of the mixture becomes paler brown.
II) The spreading out of gas molecules into other is called diffusion.
III) All bromine particles take only the place of air leaving its own gas jar empty.
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III.

8. Consider the following table. Which is the true combination for their existence as either a
solid, liquid or gas at 200C?
State at 200C

Elements

Melting
point/0C

Boiling
point/0C

-259

-253

Liquid

100

Solid

-116

34.5

Liquid

801

1413

Gas

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Cotton wool soaked in

concentrated NH3

White rings

Cotton wool soaked in

concentrated HCl

Ammonia and hydrogen chloride gases show diffusion in a tube. Which statements are true during this
process to occur?
I.)
II.)

The white rings are ammonium chloride.

HCl molecules move faster than NH3.

III.)

HCl molecules move slower than NH3.

I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III.

10. Diffusion may take place in both gases and liquids. Which is the correct combination for two
types of diffusions?
Diffusion in gas

Diffusion in liquid

slower

Faster

Faster

Faster

Slower

Slower

Faster

Slower