Question

48.
A student performs some activities on two substances and records the observations in a
table as shown below:
Activity
Substance M
Cut with a knife
Forms small pieces
Beaten with hammer Shape changes
Stricken with a metal rod Makes a sound
Substance N
Forms small pieces
Changes into powder
Changes into powder

Answer 1

Answer:

substance M is metal

since,

• when beaten with hammer its shape changes that is it is malleable
• when struck with metal rod it produces sound that is it is sonorous

• malleability and sonorous are properties of metal.

substance N is non metal

since

• when beaten with hammer it gets broken into pieces ie it is brittle
• brittleness is the property of non metal.

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Answer 2

answer is C) substance M is mathematical while n is non metal