Instructions
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Characteristics of this change
May change state or become
mixed with another chemical
Temperature changes without
being heated or cooled
Properties do not change except if
state has changed
A new substance is produced with
new properties
Molecules may move closer
together, farther apart or be mixed
with another type of molecules
It would be difficult to get the
original molecules back
Colour change, odour or taste is
different
No change in temperature unless it
has been heated or cooled.
A gas is produced without heating
Mixing sand and water
Melting butter in a hot pot
Frying an egg
A firecracker exploding
Melting wax
Burning a log in your fireplace
A burning candle
A rusting car
dissolving sugar in hot tea
Frost forming on a window
Boiling water
baking a cake
Adding milk to coffee
Freezing a juice box
Grating some cheese
BBQ a steak
heating oil for deep-frying
Toasting bread
Oil paint drying
Mixing sugar and cinnamon
Cement drying into concrete
Firing clay in the kiln
Applying varnish to wood and
letting it dry
Sanding a piece of wood before
applying varnish
Curdling milk in order to make
cheese
Putting tap water through a Brita
filter
Using an air filter to trap dust
Examples
PHYSICAL CHANGE
Characteristics
of this change
Examples
CHEMICAL CHANGE
Answer Key
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Characteristics
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PHYSICAL CHANGE
No change in temperature unless it
has been heated or cooled.
Properties do not change except if
state has changed
May change state or become mixed
with another chemical
Molecules may move closer
together, farther apart or be mixed
with another type of molecules
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Examples
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Mixing sugar and cinnamon
Boiling water
dissolving sugar in hot tea
Freezing a juice box
Melting butter in a hot pot
Adding milk to coffee
heating oil for deep-frying until it
boils
Frost forming on a window
Grating some cheese
Mixing sand and water
Melting wax
Sanding a piece of wood before
applying varnish
Using an air filter to trap dust
Putting tap water through a Brita
filter
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CHEMICAL CHANGE
It would be difficult to get the
original molecules back
Temperature changes without being
heated or cooled
Colour change, odour or taste is
different
A gas is produced without heating
Atoms are rearranged to form new
molecules
A new substance is produced with
new properties
A rusting car
Oil paint drying
Burning a log in your fireplace
A burning candle (could be either)
A firecracker exploding
BBQ a steak
baking a cake
Toasting bread
Frying an egg
Cement drying into concrete
Firing clay in the kiln
Applying varnish to wood and letting
it dry
Curdling milk in order to make
cheese