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CHAPTER 3-MATTER

1a) b)i) ii) d)i) ii) iii)

Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space. fish and plant Football and book the balloon expands in size Water has volume or it occupies space. Weigh the balloon filled with the water and minus the weight of the empty balloon.

C4 q1

1)a)i) Water helps to transport nutrients absorbed by the roots to various parts of the plant. ii) Transpiration b)i) respiration ii) photosynthesis c)i) During photosynthesis, plants use up CO2 from the air. At the same time, the plants take in oxygen and give out CO2 during respiration thus maintaining the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.

c)ii) Deforestation will reduce the number of plants and cause the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere. d) Sunlight is needed for photosynthesis. e)i)Nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus. ii) When plants die and decay, the various minerals are returned to the soil.

C4 q2

a)i) An element is a substances which cannot be broken up into simpler substances. ii) Mercury iii) Nitrogen b)i) Water ii) A compound is a substance that is made up of two or more elements combined together by chemicals means. Water is a compound formed when elements oxygen and hydrogen combine chemically. c)i) X is a mixture.

d)i) Air ii) Sea water e) Petroleum is a mixture. The components in petroleum can be separated by physical means- fractional distillation.

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