(a) What is a physical change? Give two examples of physical changes.

(b) What is a chemical change? Give two examples of chemical changes.


(a) Physical change: Physical change is a change in which no new substances are formed. These are temporary changes, which are easily reversible. The substance involved in a physical change does not lose its identity.
Examples:
  1. Water, if boiled, can be cooled and condensed.
  2. Mixing iron filings with sand is a physical change because they can be separated by a magnet.

(b) Chemical change: Chemical changes occur when a substance combines with another to form a new substance. The process is called chemical reactions and, in general, is not reversible except by further chemical reactions.
Examples:
  1. Rusting of iron
  2. Burning of paper

Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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