Physical Chemical Properties and Changes Webquest

A. Physical Chemical Properties video

Physical Properties Chemical Properties

Definition: Definition:
characteristics _______________________ characteristics _______________________
___________________________________ ___________________________________
______ new substance A ______ substance

Examples: Examples:

B. Chemical and Physical Changes

Chemical Changes Physical Changes

1) Define chemical change - 3) Define physical change –

2) What is produced (or formed) in the

following chemical changes? 4) Write down the 4 other examples that
are listed for physical changes:
iron rusting: ___________________________
gasoline burning: _______________________ whipping egg whites
eggs cooking: _________________________
bread rising: __________________________ _________________________________
milk souring: __________________________ _________________________________
suntanning:___________________________ _________________________________

5) Signs of Chemical Changes - list at least 6:

____________________________ ______________________________
____________________________ ______________________________
____________________________ ______________________________
 C. For each of the following links, decide if you are observing a chemical or a
physical change and justify your answer.

What 2 Things are Involved Physical or WHY it is a Physical or

Chemical Chemical Change
Change

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4

D. Examples of Physical and Chemical Changes (2 min video)

Example Physical (P) or WHY?

Chemical (C) Change
Breaking piggy bank

Fireworks

Mentos & Diet Coke

Cutting Hair

Sodium in Water

Melting ice

Cabbage Juice
added to test tubes

Sugar in coffee

Metal shaping
 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND CHANGES
Name ____________________________
PHYSICAL PROPERTY CHEMICAL PROPERTY
1. observed with senses 1. indicates how a substance
2. matter is not changed into something else reacts with something else
2. matter will be changed into a new
substance after the reaction

Identify the following as a chemical (C) or physical property (P):

______1. blue color ______8. melting point

______2. density ______9. reacts with water
______3. flammability (burns) ______10. hardness
______4. solubility (dissolves) ______11. boiling point
______5. reacts with acid ______12. luster
______6. supports combustion ______13. odor
______7. sour taste ______14. reacts with air

PHYSICAL CHANGE CHEMICAL CHANGE

1
. a change in size, shape, or state
1. a change in the physical
and
2
. no new substance is formed

Identify the following as physical (P) or chemical (C) changes.

_____1. NaCl (Table Salt) dissolves in water. ______9. Milk sours.
_____2. Ag (Silver) tarnishes. ______10. Sugar dissolves in water.
_____3. An apple is cut. ______11. Wood rots.
_____4. Heat changes H2O to steam. ______12. Pancakes cook.
_____5. Baking soda reacts to vinegar. ______13. Grass grows.
_____6. Fe (Iron) rusts. ______14. A tire is inflated.
_____7. Alcohol evaporates . ______15. Food is digested.
_____8. Ice melts. ______16. Paper towel absorbs water.

Physical and Chemical Changes

Part A
Can you recognize the chemical and physical changes that happen all around us? If you change the
way something looks, but haven’t made a new substance, a physical change (P) has occurred. If
the substance has been changes into another substance, a chemical change (C) has occurred.

An ice cube is placed in the sun. Later there is a puddle of water. Later still the puddle is
1.
gone.
2. Two chemical are mixed together and a gas is produce.
 3. A bicycle changes color as it rusts.

4. A solid is crushed to a powder.

5. Two substances are mixed and light is produced.

6. A piece of ice melts and reacts with sodium.

7. Mixing salt and pepper.

8. Chocolate syrup is dissolved in milk.

9. A marshmallow is toasted over a campfire.

10
A marshmallow is cut in half.
.

Part C: True (T) or False (F)

1. Changing the size and shapes of pieces of wood would be a chemical change.
2. In a physical change, the makeup of matter is changed.
3. Evaporation occurs when liquid water changes into a gas.
4. Evaporation is a physical change.
5. Burning wood is a physical change.
6. Combining hydrogen and oxygen to make water is a physical change.
7. Breaking up concrete is a physical change.
8. Sand being washed out to sea from the beach is a chemical change.
9. When ice cream melts, a chemical change occurs.
10
Acid rain damaging a marble statue is a physical change.
.

Part B
Read each scenario. Decide whether a physical or chemical change has occurred and give evidence for your
decision. The first one has been done for you to use as an example.
Physical or
Scenario Chemical Evidence…
Change?
Umm! A student removes a loaf of bread No change in substances.
1. hot from the oven. The student cuts a slice Physical No unexpected color change, temperature
change or gas given off.
off the loaf and spreads butter on it.
Your friend decides to toast a piece of
2. bread, but leaves it in the toaster too long.
The bread is black and the kitchen if full of
 smoke.
You forgot to dry the bread knife when you
3. washed it and reddish brown spots
appeared on it.

4. You blow dry your wet hair.

In baking biscuits and other quick breads,

the baking powder reacts to release carbon
5.
dioxide bubbles. The carbon dioxide
bubbles cause the dough to rise.
You take out your best silver spoons and
6. notice that they are very dull and have
some black spots.

A straight piece of wire is coiled to form a

7.
spring.

Food color is dropped into water to give it

8.
color.

Chewing food to break it down into smaller

particles represents a _________ change,
9. but the changing of starch into sugars by
enzymes in the digestive system represents
a ___________change.

In a fireworks show, the fireworks explode

10.
giving off heat and light.