Evaporation - class-IX
Tests understanding of evaporation process including factors affecting rate, real-world applications, and molecular concepts
Questions
Rate of evaporation increases
- with the rise in temperature
- with the fall in temperature
- irrespective of temperature
- only beyond room temperature
Water evaporates under atmospheric pressure. Without changing the temperature, the same water is placed under partial vacuum. The rate of evaporation _________.
- increases
- drop to zero
- decreases
- remain unaffected
When the temperature of water rises, the rate of evaporation
- increases
- decreases
- remain the same
- first decrease then increases
One of the most common phenomenon related to rainfall is
- Evaporation
- Vaporization
- Fusion
- Solidification
From the following which are the factors affecting the rate of evaporation?
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Exposed Surface Area
- All of the above
Evaporation is which type of process
- Rapid
- Slow
- medium
- Neutral
- True
- False
If the temperature is high then what is the rate of evaporation?
- Higher
- Lower
- Same
- None
What happens to the rate of evaporation when there is more exposed surface area of liquid?
- It decreases gradually
- It increases
- Remains same
- It decreases rapidly
Which of the following does not affect the rate of evaporation?
- Pressure on evaporating substance
- Exposed surface area of the evaporating substance
- Shape of the evaporating substance
- Temperature
Why skin feels dry in an air-conditioned room?
- Because the rate of evaporation decreases with lower humidity.
- Because the rate of evaporation increases with lower humidity.
- Because the rate of evaporation remains same with lower humidity.
- Because the rate of evaporation increases with higher humidity.
The moving air from the hair dryer removes the molecules of liquids as soon as they escape from the surface of your hair.
Which factor of evaporation is responsible for the above example?
- Temperature
- Motion of air
- Nature of liquid
- Humidity of surrounding
Choose the correct statements from the following
- Evaporation takes place from the surface of a liquid at all temperatures.
- The rate of evaporation depends upon the area of the exposed surface of the liquid, nature of the liquid and its temperature.
- The rate of evaporation depends on the pressure to which the liquid is subjected.
- The cooling produced in evaporation is a consequence of the fact that a liquid has latent heat.
Water evaporates under atmospheric pressure. Without changing the temperature, the same water is placed in a partial vacuum. The rate of evaporation will
- increase
- drop to zero
- decrease
- remain unaffected
A fan produces a feeling of comfort because:
- A fan supplies cool air
- Of the evaporation of sweat
- Fan increase the humidity in air
- Fan decrease the humidity in air
When the temperature of water rises, the rate of evaporation decreases. State whether true or false.
- True
- False
Why mercury do not evaporate at room temperature?
- Because melting point of mercury is higher
- Because boiling point of mercury is higher
- Because boiling point of mercury is lower
- Because boiling point of mercury is equal to room temperature
Evaporation is the process of changing liquid into vapour below its boiling point. State whether true or false.
- True
- False
A dog pants with its tongue sticking out on a hot day. Which of the following is the correct reason?
- It is its habit
- Producing more saliva cools down the body temperature.
- Saliva vapourises, cooling the tongue
- It is a genetic disease found in few animals like dogs.
Relative humidity is the percentage of the
- absolute humidity value to the amount of humidity actually present
- increase of humidity/absolute humidity
- amount of humidity actually present to the absolute humidity
- none of these
The molecules of liquid change into vapour when the pressure of molecules of liquid
- exceeds the atmospheric pressure
- becomes less than the atmospheric pressure
- becomes equal to the atmospheric pressure
- becomes zero
Water in an earthen pitcher gets cooled due to
- slower rate of evaporation
- faster rate of evaporation
- no evaporation at all
- some unknown reason
Drying up of clothes is fastest on a
- hot day without winds
- cold day without winds
- hot,dry and windy day
- humid and windy day
Dogs hang out their tongue during summers to achieve cooling. Which phenomenon is involved in the process?
- Condensation
- Evaporation
- Vaporization
- Fusion
Salt is extracted from sea-water by
- Treating with chemicals depositing salt at the bottom
- Filtering the water by nets blocking the salt.
- Boiling the water by coil leaving behind the salt.
- Evaporating the water by sun leaving behind the salt.
From below what are used to prevent pesticides, fertilizers and salt from agricultural wastewater from contaminating the water bodies they flow into?
- Evaporation ponds
- Vaporising ponds
- Fermented ponds
- Wet ponds
To produce salt from sea water, which phenomena is used
- Evaporation
- Vaporisation
- Fermentation
- Sublimation
When we apply paint in our house, it dries out after some while. This happens due to what?
- Cooling
- Evaporation
- Fermentation
- None of these
Splashes dry up at the edges of puddle due to what?
- Vaporisation
- Evaporation
- Sublimation
- Fermentation
When we dry our wet clothes in sun in a line then which phenomena applies to make them dry?
- Sublimation
- Fermentation
- Vaporisation
- Evaporation
In our daily chores when we mop our house floor then it becomes dry after some time. Which phenomena applies here?
- Fermentation
- Sublimation
- Vaporisation
- Evaporation
What is not true about evaporation?
- Greater the surface area of the liquid, the quicker is the evaporation
- Evaporation produces cooling
- Evaporation takes place at all the temperatures
- Evaporation is nothing but boiling at the highest temperature of the liquid
Statement-1
Evaporation takes place from the surface of a liquid.
Statement-2
The molecules at the surface have less attractive energy than those inside the liquid.
- Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true and Statement-2 is the correct explanation for Statement- 1
- Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true but Statement-2 is not the correct explanation for Staement-1
- Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
- Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.