Chemical and Physical Changes

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What is the melting point?

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The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid; it is a physical property.

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What is evidence of a physical change?

Back

Shape change is evidence of a physical change.

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Which of the following is a physical property?

Back

Malleability is a physical property.

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What happens when water is heated and changed to steam?

Back

This is a physical change.

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What is any change in the state of matter of a substance called?

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It is called a physical change.

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Define physical change.

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A change that affects one or more physical properties of a substance without altering its chemical composition.

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Define chemical change.

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A change that results in the formation of new chemical substances.

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What is a chemical property?

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A characteristic of a substance that can only be observed during a chemical reaction.

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Give an example of a physical change.

Back

Melting ice is an example of a physical change.

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Give an example of a chemical change.

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Burning wood is an example of a chemical change.