Physical and Chemical Change Sort
Name _____________________________________ Date ____________________________
Sort the pictures and descriptions of things that are physical changes and things that are chemical reactions. Place them on the organizer, then write the number of each card on your paper. Scramble the cards for the next person.
__________Physical Changes______________________________Chemical Reactions______
Physical change numbers:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Chemical reaction numbers:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

1.
Fireworks
4. Substances bubble
7.
A liquid is mixed with a solid.
The product becomes hot.
2.
Torn Paper
5.
When sugar and punch mix are mixed into water, they seems to disappear, but they can still be tasted.
3.
A metal chain has reddish brown spots on it after sitting outside for several days.
6. Campfire
10.
A puddle of water on the playground evaporates.
8. Popsicle melting
11. Mixing liquids
9. Cut grass
12. Frying eggs

Key:
1. chemical change
2. physical change
3. chemical change (oxidation)
4. probably chemical change, but may be physical (soda gives off bubbles when poured as CO
2 comes out of solution.)
5. physical change (solution)
6. chemical change (Where does the mass of the wood go?)
7. chemical change (exothermic)
8. physical change (state of matter changes)
9. physical change
10. physical change (state of matter changes)
11. physical change (What would we expect when mixing yellow and blue?)
12. chemical change (There’s some controversy over this one. See: https://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/eggs/eggscience.html
for more on this)