Physical vs.

Chemical Changes
Classify the following as being a physical change, chemical change, or
neither.
1.

Sodium hydroxide dissolves in water _______________

2.

Hydrochloric acid reacts with potassium hydroxide to produce a salt,

water, and heat _______________

3.

A pellet of sodium is sliced in two _______________

4.

Water is heated and changed to steam _______________

5.

Potassium chlorate decomposes to potassium chloride and oxygen gas

_______________

6.

Iron rusts _______________

7.

When placed in H2O, a sodium pellet catches on fire as hydrogen gas is

liberated and sodium hydroxide forms _______________

8.

Evaporation _______________

9.

Ice melting _______________

10.

Milk sours _______________

11.

Sugar dissolves in water _______________

12.

Wood rotting _______________

13.

Pancakes cooking on a griddle _______________

14.

Grass growing in a lawn _______________

15.

A tire is inflated with air _______________

16.

Food is digested in the stomach _______________

17.

Water is absorbed by a paper towel _______________

18.

Baking a cake _______________

19.

Toasting a marshmallow _______________

20. Cutting a marshmallow _______________

21.

Mixing salt and pepper _______________

22. Boiling of water _______________

23. Chopping wood _______________
24. Burning wood in a fireplace _______________
25. The condensation of steam _______________
26. Shredding paper _______________
27. Burning magnesium _______________
28. Burning charcoal _______________
29. Drying clothes on a clothesline _______________
30. Grinding meat into a hamburger _______________
31.

Photosynthesis _______________