Chemical and Physical Change Worksheet Name:_________________

Classify the following changes as Chemical or Physical Changes, and provide a reason
for your answer:
Change Chemical or Physical Reason

You cut your hair Physical Composition= same

Size, shape= change

Mixing sugar and water Physical No new substances formed

Making a peanut, milk and Physical Merely combined without a chemical

cereal mixture reaction

Baking soda reacts with Chemical A new substance forms due to chemical
vinegar and forms a gas reaction

A piece of metal is bent in Physical Only shape changes

half

Methanol is burnt and leaves Chemical A new substance is made due to the
a residue burning methanol

An aspirin is crushed into Physical Physical state changes

fine powder

Copper turns green when Chemical Chemical reaction, copper and air
exposed to the environment moisture

Two clear liquids are mixed Chemical New colour = chemical reactions from the
and a yellow color forms liquids

Baking cookies Chemical Heat causes transformation due to the

dough becoming cooked cookies
 Chemical and Physical Change Worksheet Name:_________________

Scratching a glass with Physical Only surface is changed

Diamond

A tree burns to form ashes chemical The tree burns creating ashes and gases

Water freezes to form ice Physical Molecules reorganize

Glass Breaking Physical Breaks into smaller pieces, no change in

substances

Water evaporates into steam Physical Change from liquid to vapor without
causing a change in chemical composition

A piece of apple rots on the Chemical Decay

ground

A bicycle chain rusts chemical Chemical reaction from iron-oxygen-

moisture

In the table below, come up with two examples each for a physical change, and a
chemical change. Give examples that have not already been provided.
Physical Change Chemical Change

Paper ripping Photosynthesis

Cutting cloth Combustion of gasoline in a car