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Lesson: Chapter 16 — Changes of Matter

16. Physical and chemical change 4 of 6

Question 4

Which of the following changes is a chemical change?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Iron rusting. Rust is a new substance with properties quite unlike iron's, and a rusted nail is not an iron nail again.

The other three are physical: evaporating is only a change of state, dissolved salt comes back when the water is evaporated, and ground stone is still that same stone.

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