Subject Experts Solutions for Chapter: Matter, Exercise 2: Link and Learn- Methods of Separation of Mixtures

 Classify the following items in the correct states of matter.

[A coin, Oil, Petrol, Honey, A piece of wood, A leaf, A piece of Styrofoam, Small stone, Mercury, Ice] 

 If you pass carbon dioxide or oxygen into water, will it float or dissolve in water? 

A beaker of ice is left on a bench. What would you observe on the outside of the beaker after a few minutes? 
 

A beaker of ice is left on a bench. What would you observe on the outside of the beaker after a few minutes? Explain your observation.

Tiny white bits of thermocol were accidentally mixed up with white sand which looks quite similar. What method would you recommend to separate them?   

Tiny white bits of thermocol were accidentally mixed up with white sand which looks quite similar.  

Give a reason for suggesting the above method of separation.

When you dissolve salt in water, the water level does not go up. But if you add an equal quantity of sand to the same quantity of water, the water level in the glass goes up. Give the reason.   

The liquid collected after filtration is called _____.