Question:- 5. A tester is used to check the conduction of electricity through two liquids, labelled A and B. It is found that the bulb of the tester glows brightly for liquid A while it glows very dimly for liquid B. You would conclude that

(i) liquid A is a better conductor than liquid B.

(ii) liquid B is a better conductor than liquid A.

(iii) both liquids are equally conducting.

(iv) conducting properties of liquid cannot be compared in this manner.

Answer:- (i) liquid A is a better conductor than liquid B.

Question:- 6. Does pure water conduct electricity? If not, what can we do to make it conducting?

Answer:- Pure water does not conduct electricity as it does not have any type of salts in it. A tiny quantity of common salt (Sodium Chloride, or NaCl) can be added to the water to convert it into a conducting medium.

Question:- 7. In case of a fire, before the firemen use the water hoses, they shut off the main electrical supply for the area. Explain why they do this.

Answer:- The water used in the water hoses is not pure water and hence is a good conductor of electricity. So, the firemen turned off the electric supply before spraying water to protect themselves and others from electric current

Question:- 8. A child staying in a coastal region tests the drinking water and also the seawater with his tester. He finds that the compass needle deflects more in the case of seawater. Can you explain the reason?

Answer:-  The amount of salts present in the seawater is higher than that of the drinking water. So, the sea water will be a better conductor as compared to the drinking water. Due to this reason there is the higher deflection of the needle in seawater as compared to drinking water.

Question:- 9. Is it safe for the electrician to carry out electrical repairs outdoors during heavy downpour? Explain.

Answer:- No, it is not safe to carry out the electrical repairs outdoors during the heavy downpour. It can cause severely injure by electric shock or electrocution, as rain water is a good conductor of electricity.

Question:- 10. Paheli had heard that rainwater is as good as distilled water. So she collected some rainwater in a clean glass tumbler and tested it using a tester. To her surprise she found that the compass needle showed deflection. What could be the reasons?

Answer:- Rainwater is  is an insulator as it is pure water. But it gets mixed with air pollutants like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and form acidic solution, before falling on earth surface, which made it a good conductor of electricity. So, the compass needle showed deflection.

Question:- 11. Prepare a list of objects around you that are electroplated.

Answer:- Objects around us that are electroplated are door’s handles, taps, cycles’s rims , showers, the handlebar of cycles and bikes, burner of gas, tin cans, metallic almirahs, belts’s buckles, etc.

Question:- 12. The process that you saw in Activity 14.7 is used for purification of copper. A thin plate of pure copper and a thick rod of impure copper are used as electrodes. Copper from impure rod is sought to be transfered to the thin copper plate. Which electrode should be attached to the positive terminal of the battery and why?

 Answer:- Because electric current dissociates copper and sulphate when passed through the copper sulphate solution, the thick rod of impure copper plate should be linked to the positive terminal of the battery. Because the free copper is positively charged, it is pulled to the battery’s negative terminal and deposits on it. The impure copper rod linked to the positive terminal of the battery, on the other hand, replaces the copper lost in the solution.