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Physical Changes in Matter

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Physical Changes in Matter

Ice melting and water boiling illustration

🧊 Part 1: Understanding Physical Changes

1. What happens when ice melts?

It changes from a solid to a liquid

It becomes a completely new substance

It disappears forever

It turns into sugar

2. Which of these are characteristics of physical changes? (Tick all that apply)

No new substance is formed

The change is reversible

Only the state of matter changes

The substance becomes something completely different

3. When water boils at 100°C, it changes from:

Liquid to solid

Liquid to gas

Solid to liquid

Gas to liquid

4. Fill in the blanks:

When ice melts, it changes from a ________ to a ________. This is called a ________ change because no new substance is formed.

🔬 Part 2: Physical or Chemical Change?

5. Read each scenario below and decide if it is a physical change or chemical change. Circle your answer.

a) Water freezing into ice cubes      Physical  /  Chemical

b) Burning a piece of paper      Physical  /  Chemical

c) Sugar dissolving in water      Physical  /  Chemical

d) Steam condensing back into water      Physical  /  Chemical

6. Explain why melting ice is considered a reversible change:
7. What did you observe when we watched water boil in class? Describe what happened to the water.

✏️ Part 3: Scientific Thinking

8. Draw and label a diagram showing the three states of matter for water (ice, water, steam). Use arrows to show how they can change from one to another.
9. Predict what would happen if you put a glass of water in the freezer overnight. Explain your reasoning.
10. Give one example from your everyday life of a physical change that you have observed:

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