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Chemistry: Changing Matter
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Lesson 1 What are Physical and Chemical Changes?
Matter changes all the time: Physical Change: matter keeps the same chemical properties Chemical Change: matter changes into a different kind of matter with different properties
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Physical Changes The substance does not change into something else
Changes in: Size Shape Volume State of matter
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Physical Change Examples
Rain to sleet Wood to sawdust Paper to shredded paper Wax to melted wax Potato to grated potato Gemstone to carved gemstone Copper to hammered copper
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Chemical Changes 1 kind of matter changes into a different kind of matter with different properties Example: Cooking foods cause them to go through a chemical change Egg vs. cooked egg
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Chemical Changes (cont.)
Causes atoms to rearrange themselves to form new kinds of matter Clues that chemical changes have occurred: Heat Light Iron = gray Sound Fizzing Rust = reddish orange Color
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Chemical Changes Examples
Burning of a candle in an oxygen atmosphere Changes to ash Carbon dioxide Water vapor
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Chemical or Physical Change?
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