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Matter in Our Surroundings — Science STD 9 — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ScienceMatter in Our Surroundings3 Marks
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How will you demonstrate that water vapour is present in air?
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Answer

The presence of water vapour in air can be demonstrated by the following experiment: We take a steel tumbler and put some well crushed ice in it. Allow the steel tumbler to stand undisturbed for about 5 minutes with the ice in it. We would observe that a large number of tiny drops of water appear on the outer surface of the steel tumbler. This happens because the air around the steel tumbler contains water vapour in it. When these water vapour come in contact with the cold, outside surface of steel tumbler, they condense to form tiny drops of liquid.

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