A Physical Change Causes the Properties to Change

A physical change can change the __________ of a substance but cannot form new matter.

Check all that are true.

• state

• size

• color

• shape

Which statement best describes what is happening in the images?

• a physical change

• a chemical change

• both a physical and a chemical change

• dissolving

Jack leaves solid butter near a warm surface. When Jack returns, the butter has turned into a liquid. Jack's friend Elijah insists this is a chemical change. Is Elijah right?

• no, because no new matter was formed

• yes, because the matter changed states

• no, because the butter didn’t have enough time to go through a chemical change

• yes, because melted butter is a new type of matter

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Imagine the substances below are combined. None of them dissolve and no new matter is created. What happened?

• A physical change that is a solution.

• A physical change that is a mixture.

• A chemical change that is a mixture.

• A chemical change that is a solution.

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Freezing Juice?

• Physical Change

• Chemical Change

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Is milk going sour a physical or chemical change?

• Physical 

• Chemical

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Which of the following is an example of a physical change?

• Burning wood

• Rusting iron

• Melting chocolate

• Baking a cake

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Is Gatorade powder dissolving in water physical or chemical change?

• Physical 

• Chemical

A ​ (a)   is a change in which no new substances form.

• Physical Change

• Volume

• Investigation

• Mass

• Matter

This is an example of a

• physical change

• chemical change

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