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Lesson: Chapter 16 — Changes of Matter

16. Physical and chemical change 1 of 6

Question 1

Which question decides whether a change is physical or chemical?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Whether a new substance has formed. That is the definition: if new substances appear the change is chemical, if not it is physical.

Reversibility is a useful hint but not the definition — reversible chemical reactions exist. Heat and colour change are evidence, not the deciding question.

Answer the question to continue.