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Choose the correct statements.
(A) Weight of a substance is the amount of matter present in it.
(B) Mass is the force exerted by gravity on an object.
(C) Volume is the amount of space occupied by a substance.
(D) Temperatures below 0°C are possible in Celsius scale, but in Kelvin scale negative temperature is not possible.
(E) Precision refers to the closeness of various measurements for the same quantity.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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A
<p>(B), (C) and (D) Only</p>
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B
<p>(A), (B) and (C) Only</p>
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C
<p>(C), (D) and (E) Only</p>
Correct answer
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D
<p>(A), (D) and (E) Only</p>
Solution
<p>A) Weight of a substance is the amount of matter present in it.</p>
<p>Not correct.</p>
<p>The amount of matter present in a substance is called its mass, not its weight.</p>
<p>Mass of a substance is the amount of matter present in it.</p>
<p>B) Mass is the force exerted by gravity on an object.</p>
<p>Not correct.</p>
<p>Mass is not the force exerted on an object by gravity. Mass is the amount of matter in an object, while weight is the force of gravity on that object.</p>
<p>C) Volume is the amount of space occupied by a substance.</p>
<p>Correct.</p>
<p>The amount of space occupied by a substance is its volume, which is simply the equivalent three dimensional measurements of spatial geometry (height, width; and (length).</p>
<p>Standard units of volume are cubic centimeters for solids, milliliters or liters for liquids, and liters pr gases.</p>
<p>D) Temperatures below $0^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ are possible in Celsius scale, but in Kelvin scale negative temperature is not possible.</p>
<p>Correct.</p>
<p>Celsius temp is possible below $0^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ (negative temp). But, it is not possible in the Kelvin Scale</p>
<p>$273 \mathrm{~K} \rightarrow$ Absolute temperature</p>
<p>Kelvin temp $={ }^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ temp +273.15</p>
<p>The minimum temperature possible in the Kelvin scale is the absolute zero temperature ($\mathrm{OK}$). OK means $-273.15^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$. Since absolute zero is the coldest possible temperature, there we no negative values on the Kelvin temperature scale.</p>
<p>E) Precision refers to the closeness of various measurements for the same quantity.</p>
<p>Correct.</p>
<p>A measure of how close repeated measurements are to each other is known as precision.
Precision is the reproducibility of a result or measurement.</p>
<p>If weight of a substance is measured five times and get 8.2 kg each time, then the measurement is very precise - Example.</p>
<p>So, the correct statements are (C) , (D) and (E).</p>
<p>Correct answer: Option 3) (C) ,(D) and(E) only</p>
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Subject: Chemistry · Chapter: Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry · Topic: Mole Concept
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