Question

Give reason why : a) Water should be called liquid b) We can smell the food being cooked in the kitchen all over the room.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Water is a liquid because it has all the properties of a liquid.

b) We can smell food being cooked in the kitchen all over the room because of a process called diffusion.

Explanation:

a) Water has the properties of a liquid. Some of them are:

i) The ability to flow

ii) No definite shape takes the shape of the container.

iii) It has definite volume.

b) Diffusion is a process in which particles of matter intermix by themselves. The food being hot, has more kinetic energy, and so the particles of aroma intermix with the air particles which in turn enables you to smell the food being cooked in the kitchen.

Answer 2

a) water is called liquid because of this properties : it has strong force of attraction ,it can flow ,it mix in other substance .

b) smell hot sizzling food can reach all over the room because gaseous in high temperature can float and it spread all over the room .when the temperature is low gaseous can't float .

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