Monday, September 15, 2014

Physical and Chemical Changes

Even though I already did this, I wanted to answer the questions we were supposed to.

Three cool physical changes are:

-Shredding Paper. This would be considered a physical change to me because despite the fact that it is shredded, it is still paper.

-Squishing a Can. I believe that this is a physical change and not a chemical one because you can, if you try really hard, get the can back so its original state, and it is still a can.

- Boiling Water. I would consider this a physical change because boiled water is still water nevertheless.

Three cool chemical changes are:

-Baking a Cake. I consider this one a chemical change because you cannot get the ingredients that you used to bake the cake back.

- Burning Paper. I believe this to be a chemical change because once the paper is burned you cannot get it back.

- Leaving a Nail Outside and Rust Forms. I consider this a chemical reaction rather than a physical one because the rust comes from a chemical reaction that occurs when the nail is exposed to oxygen.

Sincerely,
Alina Amin

1 comment:

  1. Good examples for chemical and physical changes. It looks like you get the concept. For the physical changes I like how at the end of each of them you put how it is still the same thing.

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