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PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When sugar dissolves in water a ______________ change occurs.

a)

Physical change

b)

Chemical Change

2.

Which of the following is evidence of a physical change?

a)

New substance

b)

Shape Change

c)

Light produced

d)

Gas released.

3.

A teacher is demonstrating physical and chemical changes to her class. Which action should they use to demonstrate a chemical change?

a)

Cutting a piece of paper with scissors.

b)

Folding a piece of paper into an airplane.

c)

Ripping a piece of paper with their hands.

d)

Burning a piece of paper with a match.

4.

Why does the image best represent an example of a physical change?

a)

The pencil can no longer be used.

b)

The pencil is a different size.

c)

The materials making up the pencil did not change.

d)

The materials making up the pencil are different.

5.

What is the definition of chemical change?

a)

any change that results in the formation of one (or more) new chemical substance(s).

b)

changing of only the appearance of the object

c)

matter cannot be created or destroyed, only change form

d)

changes affecting the form of a chemical substance, but not its chemical composition.

6.
Is Gatorade powder dissolving in water physical or chemical change?
a)
Physical 
b)
Chemical
7.
Which of the following IS a clue that a chemical change has occurred? 
a)
State of matter change
b)
Size Change
c)
Change in temperature
d)
Shape change
8.

Think this through: Can the same substance undergo both a physical and a chemical change at the same time.

a)

Yes

b)

No

9.
Water freezing into ice is an example of a...
a)
Physical Change
b)
Chemical Change
10.
A solid substance that forms when 2 liquid solutions are combined?
a)
Sublimation
b)
Precipitate
c)
Condensation
d)
Freezing
11.
Chemical or Physical?  Glass breaking into tiny shards
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
12.
Physical or Chemical Change?  Iron rusts
a)
Physical Change
b)
Chemical Change
13.
Physical or Chemical Change?  Baking a cake.
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
14.
Physical or Chemical Change?  Sodium metal burning in water.
a)
Physical Change
b)
Chemical Change
15.
Physical or Chemical Change?  Making a paper airplane.
a)
Physical Change
b)
Chemical Change
16.

Change in color is a physical change.

a)

True

b)

False

17.
Fizzing, foaming, and burning are all examples of
a)
Chemical change
b)
Physical change
18.

When you break a cracker into pieces it is a...

a)

Chemical change

b)

Physical change

19.
Which is an example of a chemical reaction?
a)
paper cut into small pieces
b)
chocolate melting in a pan
c)
flour and sugar mixed in a bowl
d)
cookies baking in an oven
20.
Is a rotting banana an example of a physical or a chemical change?
a)
Physical Change
b)
Chemical Change