Activity.Collect small pieces of different materials— paper, cardboard, wood, copper wire, aluminium sheet, chalk. Do any of these appear shiny?
Now, observe as the teacher cuts each material into two pieces and look at the freshly cut surface. What do you notice? Does the freshly cut surface of some of these materials appear shiny?
This is because we generally use a tumbler to keep a liquid. A tumbler made of a piece of cloth cannot be used to keep water. So, a tumbler is made with a material which has a property to hold the liquid.
Fill up the blank:
When milk, cooled after boiling, is poured onto a piece of cloth the cream (malai) is left behind on it. This process of separating cream from milk is an example of _______.
Answer
When milk, cooled after boiling, is poured onto a piece of cloth the cream (malai) is left behind on it. This process of separating cream from milk is an example of filtration.
Given below are the names of some objects and materials:
Water, basket ball, orange, sugar, globe, apple and earthen pitcher
Group them as:
Round shaped and other shapes.
A solid is put in a bucket of water. It floats just below the surface of the water. What do you think is the density of the object with relation to the density of water?
Answer
The density of the solid and water is same because solid neither sinks nor floats on water.