DPS-Modern Indian School, Doha Qatar
Subject: GENERAL SCIENCE
Assignment: September 2016
Name: ________________________
Date of sub: 10/10/2016
Class: IV
Grade: ___________
Sec: ________
Topics: Lesson no.9 Matter and Materials
[I] Complete the following table giving two examples each from
our daily lives:
STATE OF MATTER
EXAMPLES
[II] Lets take a quiz:
1. When a solid changes to a liquid it is called what?
A.__________________________________________________________________________________
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2. Liquids flow easily. Why?
A.________________________________________________________________
3. When a gas changes into a liquid it is called what?
A._______________________________________________________________
4. True or false? The particles of a gas are packed tightly together.
A.______________________________________________________________
5. When solids reach their melting points they become what?
A.______________________________________________________________
6. When a gas reaches its condensation point it becomes what?
A._____________________________________________________________
8. True or false? Solids do not take the shape of the container they
are in.
A._____________________________________________________________
9. What is it called when a solid changes directly into a gas?
A._____________________________________________________________
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10. Why is water called as a Universal solvent?
A._______________________________________________________________
[III] In the diagram given below write the name of the process
taking place against each number.
[IV] Write the difference between Physical Change and Chemical
Change.
Physical Change
Chemical Change
[V] Riya sprayed perfume in a corner of her room but the whole
room had the scent .She asked her teacher for the reason .What
explanation would her teacher give.
Ans.______________________________________________________________
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[VI] Grade 4 students of DPS-MIS were performing an experiment
in class with crystals of potassium permanganate .They noticed
that when these crystals were dropped in a glass of water ,the
water near the crystals turned dark purple near the crystals but
later the color spreads uniformly throughout to give pink colored
solution. Why do you think this happened?
Ans.______________________________________________________________
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_____[VII].Define:
1 .Solute___________________________________________________________
2. Solvent__________________________________________________________
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3. Solution_________________________________________________________