Give 4 examples of chemical change.
Example answers: iron rusting, necklaces tarnishing, baking cookies, baking pancakes, wood rots, etc.
Which is a physical change?
a) Burning Magnesium
b) Dissolving salt in water
c) Mixing vinegar and baking soda
d) Cutting up strawberries
b) Dissolving salt in water
The ability of matter to combine chemically with other substances.
REACTIVITY
What do we call particles that make up all matter in the universe.
Atoms
A _____________________ lists all the elements in the universe in an organised structure based on atomic numbers.
Periodic table
How many substances join to form new chemical properties?
Two or more.
What are the three states of matter.
Solid, liquid and gas
The ability of a chemical to burn or ignite or cause fire.
FLAMMABILITY
JJ Thomson discovered that atoms contained tiny negative particles. What were these particles callled?
Electrons
Give 1 example of physical change and chemical change.
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Every time a substance burns and there is fire, it is because it is reacting with what element in the atmosphere?
Oxygen
When a candle is burning, there is both a physical and chemical change happening. Explain which part is the physical change.
The wax melting is a physical change as it will return to solid after it cools down.
The capacity of substances to be mineralized by free‐living bacteria.
BIODEGRADABILITY
Ernest Rutherford explained that the centre of the atom was made up of a very heavy and small _________________ that was made up of protons and neutrons
Nucleus
Toasting bread is a chemical change. List the observations that confirms this as a chemical change.
- Colour change
- A smell is produced
- The reaction is not reversible
What are the reactants in the following equation?
Hydrochloric acid + Magnesium --> Hydrogen + Magnesium Chloride
Hydrochloric acid and magnesium
Why is freezing water a physical change when you start with water and end with ice?
No new substances are formed. Ice is still water but in solid form.
Oxygen has a formula of O2. Is it a compound or a molecule. Explain.
It has two atoms chemically combined together.
Which scientist developed this model of the atom? Full name
Niels Bohr
A reaction that releases heat energy. Mixing something that gets hotter.
Photosynthesis is a chemical reaction occurring in plants to make food. List all the chemicals involved in this process.
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Water
Glucose/sugar
Give 4 examples of a physical change.
Melting, boiling, evaporation, condensation, freezing, sublimation, deposition.
Give 3 examples of chemical properties.
Oxidation, reactivity, flammability, biodegradability
Niels Bohr explained that electrons exist in energy levels. What year did he introduce this idea?
1913
Physical or Chemical Change: Your friend decides to toast a piece of bread, but leaves it in the toaster too long. The bread is black and the kitchen is full of smoke.
CHEMICAL CHANGE