Physical vs
Chemical
Changes
Avanthika viji
• MATTER: Anything that has mass and a
volume.
• ATOMS: The building blocks of matter.
• MOLECULES: Two or more atoms that are
joined together by chemical bonds.
Physical and Chemical
Changes
• A change is a substance that does not change the chemical
makeup of the substance.
• EXAMPLES:
• 1. Breaking Watermelon – Changing from one big piece into
multiple smaller pieces.
• 2. Ice Cream Melting – Changing from one state of matter to
another
Physical Change
MELTING: FREEZING: VAPORIZATION:
• Solid Liquid • Liquid Solid
• Shape • Shape ?!?!
• Temperature • Temperature
CRUSHING: BREAKING: CONDENSATION:
• Shape • Gas Liquid
!?!?! • Any Others • What else
Characteristics of Physical
Changes
• SUBSTANCES STAY THE
SAME, BUT SHAPE, SIZE
OR FORM DIFFER.
Physical change
• LIQUIDS: The state with a definite
volume but no fixed shape.
• Particles of liquids are tightly packed, but are
far enough apart to slide over one another
• GAS: Made up of individual atoms, elemental molecules
made from one type of atom or compound molecules
made from a variety of atoms.
• Indefinite Shape and an Indefinite Volume
• Particles of gases are very far apart and move freely
From To Change: Added or
Subtracted Energy:
SOLID LIQUID MELTING ADDING
HEAT/ENERGY
LIQUID SOLID FREEZING SUBTRACTING
HEAT/ENERGY
GAS LIQUID CONDENSATION SUBTRACTING
HEAT/ENERGY
LIQUID GAS VAPORIZATION/ ADDING
BOILING/ HEAT/ENERGY
EVAPORATION
SOLID GAS SUBLIMATION ADDING
HEAT/ENERGY
GAS SOLID SUBLIMATION SUBTRACTING
HEAT/ENERGY
Physical Changes
• Freezing Point of Water: 32°F , 0°C
• Melting Point of Water: 32°F , 0°C
• Boiling Point of Water: 212°F , 100°C
Why are the freezing point and
the melting point the same?
CHEMICAL CHANGES PRODUCES A NEW SUBSTANCE
• Change that results in the formation of a new
product
• Examples:
• Rusty Car – Metal and oxygen react to form Iron
Oxide.
• Sodium metal and Chlorine gas react to form Sodium
Chloride, Table Salt.
• Digesting food – food is broken down by stomach
acid.
Chemical
Changes:
• Process by which elements and compounds
combine to form new substances.
• Examples:
• 1. Rust
• 2. Battery
• 3. Burning Wood
Chemical
Reactions: