Question

Define the process of decantation. b) Jaya, with her family had gone for boating in a river. She filled some water from the river in a bottle which was kept overnight. (i) What did she observe? (ii) What is this process called​

Answer 1

Answer:

Decantation is the process of separation of heavier particles of dirt from a liquid.

B)

(i) Jaya observed that the dirt present in the bottle of river water had settled at the bottom of the container.

(ii) This process is called sedimentation.

Explanation:

(B-If we leave dirty water undisturbed for some time, the heavy dirt particles settle at the bottom of the container and this process is called sedimentation.)