Chemical and Physical Changes

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What are the States of Matter?

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The different forms that matter can take, including solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.

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What is a Physical Change?

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A change in which matter stays the same, such as melting ice or dissolving sugar.

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What is a Chemical Change?

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A change that results in the formation of new chemical substances, such as burning wood or rusting iron.

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What state of matter has a definite shape and volume?

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Solid.

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What state of matter has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container?

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Liquid.

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What state of matter has no definite shape or volume?

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Gas.

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What happens during a phase change?

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Matter changes from one state to another, such as from solid to liquid (melting) or liquid to gas (evaporation).

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What is an example of a Physical Change?

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Freezing water into ice.

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What is an example of a Chemical Change?

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Baking a cake.

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What is the process of a solid turning directly into a gas called?

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Sublimation.