Physical and Chemical Changes

Baking a cake

• physical change
• chemical change
• both
• neither

Plant growing from the sun

• physical change
• chemical change
• both
• neither

Glass breaking

• physical change
• chemical change
• both
• neither

A tree burning

• physical change

• chemical change

Cutting hair

• physical change
• chemical change
• both
• neither

Mowing the lawn

• physical change
• chemical change
• both
• neither

Which of the following changes is NOT a physical change? 

• ice melting
• nailing a piece of wood
• rusting nails
• squeezing oranges to make juice

Which of the following is NOT a chemical change?

• burning toast
• digesting food
• frying an egg
• melting ice cream

Which of the following is a physical change?

• fireworks exploding
• boiling water
• bleaching hair
• roasting marshmallows

Which of the following is a chemical change?

• sharpening a pencil
• folding paper/ making origami
• spoiling food
• slicing an apple