During summer holidays, a group of children collected a lump of salt, green grass, broken glass piece, a small thermocol box,pen, iron nail, glass marbles, hair, naphthalene ball, a piece of sugar candy (mishri) and tried to group them on the basis of properties given in Table 4.1 below. Help them in filling theTable.
| Name of the material | Appearance (Hard/Soft) |
Transparency (Transparent/ Translucent/ Opaque |
Floats/Sinks in water |
Soluble/Insoluble in water |
| Name of the material | Appearance (Hard/Soft) | Transparency (Transparent/Translucent/Opaque) | Floats/Sinks in water | Soluble/Insoluble in water |
| Lump of salt | Hard | Opaque | Sinks | Soluble |
| Green grass | Soft | Opaque | Floats | Insoluble |
| Broken glass piece | Hard | Transparent | Sinks | Insoluble |
| Thermocol box | Soft | Opaque | Floats | Insoluble |
| Pen | Hard | Opaque | Floats | Insoluble |
| Iron nail | Hard | Opaque | Sinks | Insoluble |
| Glass marbles | Hard | Transparent | Sinks | Insoluble |
| Hair | Hard | Opaque | Floats | Insoluble |
| Naphthalene ball | Hard | Opaque | Floats | Insoluble |
| A piece of sugar candy | Hard | Opaque | Sinks | Soluble |