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Physical and Chemical Changes

This document discusses the differences between physical and chemical changes. A physical change alters the form of a substance but does not change its chemical composition, while a chemical change produces a new substance with different properties. Some signs that a chemical change has occurred include a color change, precipitation, gas production, a temperature change, and changes in characteristic properties like odor. Examples are given of changes that are physical, like cutting paper or a disappearing puddle, versus those that are chemical, such as baking a cake, metal rusting, or a candle burning.

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Physical and Chemical Changes

This document discusses the differences between physical and chemical changes. A physical change alters the form of a substance but does not change its chemical composition, while a chemical change produces a new substance with different properties. Some signs that a chemical change has occurred include a color change, precipitation, gas production, a temperature change, and changes in characteristic properties like odor. Examples are given of changes that are physical, like cutting paper or a disappearing puddle, versus those that are chemical, such as baking a cake, metal rusting, or a candle burning.

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Physical and Chemical Changes

What is a Physical Change?


• A physical change alters the form of a
substance, but does not change it to another
substance.

Example:
Making Orange Juice
What is a Chemical Change?
• When a substance undergoes a chemical
change, it is changed into a different
substance with different properties.

Example:
Baking a Cake
5 Signs of a Chemical Change
1. Color Change
2. Precipitation
Precipitation
• Precipitation – the solid that forms from a
solution during a chemical reaction.
• It looks like a cloudy solid in an otherwise
clear solution.
5 Signs of a Chemical Change
3. Gas Production
4. Temperature Change
5 Signs of a Chemical Change
5. Changes in Characteristic Properties
(odor, light given off)
Chemical or Physical Change?

• Cutting paper?
• Physical
Chemical or Physical Change?

• Ice melting?
• Physical
Chemical or Physical Change?

• Toast burning?
• Chemical
Chemical or Physical Change?

• Rocket fuel burning?


• Chemical
Chemical or Physical Change?

• Sawing wood?
• Physical
Chemical or Physical Change?

• Metal rusting?
• Chemical
Chemical or Physical Change?

• Disappearing puddle?
• Physical
Chemical or Physical Change?

• Candle burning?
• Chemical
Chemical or Physical Change?
• Dry ice?
• Physical

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