What are the favourable qualities given to gold when it is alloyed with copper or silver for the purpose of making ornaments?

Non-metals are usually poor conductors of heat and electricity. They are non-lustrous,non-sonorous,non-malleable,and are coloured.
$(a)$ Name a lustrous non-metal.
$(b)$ Name a non-metal which exists as a liquid at room temperature.
$(c)$ The allotropic form of a non-metal is a good conductor of electricity. Name the allotrope.
$(d)$ Name a non-metal which is known to form the largest number of compounds.
$(e)$ Name a non-metal other than carbon which shows allotropy.
$(f)$ Name a non-metal which is required for combustion.

Which of the following are chemical changes?
$(i)$ Decaying of wood
$(ii)$ Burning of wood
$(iii)$ Sawing of wood
$(iv)$ Hammering of a nail into a piece of wood

Sucrose (sugar) crystals obtained from sugarcane and beetroot are mixed together. Will it be a pure substance or a mixture? Give reasons for the same.

Compare physical and chemical changes.

How are mixtures different from compounds?