L6 Physical Vs Chemical Changes

Physical and Chemical Changes
Physical or Chemical Changes?
Sort the following into Physical Change and

Chemical Change.
 Cutting down a tree

 A car rusting
 Boiling water
 Baking a cookie
 Ripping paper
Physical Changes
Physical changes are

changes that alter
the…
 Size (shrinking or enlarging)
 Shape
 Location
 State (solid, liquid, gas)
 Dissolving in water
Put it together
Explain why boiling water is a physical change.
Boiling water (liquid) becomes water vapour (gas)
A change of state is a physical change

Put it together
Explain why cutting paper is a physical change.
A sheet of paper is cut into smaller pieces
Changing the size of something is a physical

change.
Chemical Changes
 Chemical changes are

changes that alter
the chemical make
up of a substance
 Thenew substance
has a NEW SET of
physical and chemical
properties
So…
 Ifyou end up with a

chemical or
chemicals that you
did not start with,
It is a chemical
change!!!!!!!
Example 1
What clues suggest

that burning
something chemically
changes a substance?
 It produces a new substance (ash)

 The ashes have their own set of physical
and chemical properties (different from
the wood/brick etc.)
Example 2
Does the process of

eating physically or
chemically change
the food?
 Both!!
 Chewing changes food physically by
breaking it down into smaller pieces
 Chemicals in the saliva begin to
chemically change the food to make it
easier to digest
Signs That a Chemical Change
Has Occurred
 Creation of a gas
(bubbles, fizz, new smell)
 Creation or loss of heat
(except dissolving in water)
 Colourchange
 Form a precipitate
(forming a solid substance out of liquid)
 Releasing light
Put it together
Explain why a car rusting is a chemical change.
Rusting changes the colour of the car.

Colour change is a clue for chemical change.
The rust has different

physical properties
than the metal
Physical and Chemical Changes Quiz
True or False??
1. With a physical change, no new substance is

formed.
2. With a chemical change, a chemical reaction
occurs.
3. With a physical change, light is given off.
4. A chemical change can be easily reversed.
5. Eating food can be considered both physical and
chemical changes.
Physical and Chemical Changes Quiz
Answers
1. With a physical change, no new substance is

formed. TRUE
2. With a chemical change, a chemical reaction
occurs. TRUE
3. With a physical change, light is given off.FALSE
4. A chemical change can be easily reversed.
FALSE
5. Eating food can be considered both physical and
chemical changes. TRUE
Homework
Answers
A B
1. P 1. P
2. C 2. C
3. P 3. P
4. C 4. C
5. P 5. P
6. C 6. P
7. P 7. C
8. P 8. P
9. P 9. C
10. C 10. P
11. P 11. P
12. P 12. P
13. C 13. P
14. P 14. C
15. C
16. C
Homework: True or False
1. Changing the size and shapes of pieces of wood would be a chemical change.
2. In a physical change, the particles that make up the substance are changed.
3. Evaporation occurs when liquid water changes into a gas.
4. Evaporation is a physical change.
5. Burning wood is a physical change.
6. Combining hydrogen and oxygen to make water is a physical change.
7. Breaking up concrete is a physical change.
8. Sand being washed out to sea from the beach is a chemical change.
9. When ice cream melts, a chemical change occurs.
10
Acid rain damaging a marble statue is a physical change.
.
Answers: True or False
Changing the size and shapes of pieces of wood would be a chemical
1.
change. 1. F
In a physical change, the particles that make up the substance are
2.
changed. 2. F
3. Evaporation occurs when liquid water changes into a gas. 3. T
4. Evaporation is a physical change. 4. T
5. Burning wood is a physical change. 5. F
6. Combining hydrogen and oxygen to make water is a physical change. 6. F
7. Breaking up concrete is a physical change. 7. T

8. F
8. Sand being washed out to sea from the beach is a chemical change.
9. F
9. When ice cream melts, a chemical change occurs.
10. F
10. Acid rain damaging a marble statue is a physical change.

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Physical and Chemical Changes

Physical or Chemical Changes?

Sort the following into Physical Change and

 Cutting down a tree

Physical changes are

Boiling water (liquid) becomes water vapour (gas)

A change of state is a physical change

A sheet of paper is cut into smaller pieces

Changing the size of something is a physical

 Chemical changes are

 Ifyou end up with a

What clues suggest

 It produces a new substance (ash)

Does the process of

Rusting changes the colour of the car.

The rust has different

1. With a physical change, no new substance is

1. With a physical change, no new substance is

3. Evaporation occurs when liquid water changes into a gas.

4. Evaporation is a physical change.

5. Burning wood is a physical change.

6. Combining hydrogen and oxygen to make water is a physical change.

7. Breaking up concrete is a physical change.

9. When ice cream melts, a chemical change occurs.

7. Breaking up concrete is a physical change. 7. T

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