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Physical and Chemical Changes

Explore the differences between physical and chemical changes with this grade 2 science worksheet.

Grade 2 Science ChemistryPhysical and Chemical Changes
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Physical and Chemical Changes

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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand the difference between physical and chemical changes.

1. Which of these is a PHYSICAL change?

a

Baking a cake

b

Burning wood

c

Melting ice

d

Rusting metal

2. What happens to a new substance in a CHEMICAL change?

a

It stays the same

b

It changes color only

c

It forms a brand new substance

d

It gets colder

3. Cutting paper is an example of a chemical change.

T

True

F

False

4. When you toast bread, it is a physical change.

T

True

F

False

5. A physical change changes the way something looks, but not what it  .

6. A chemical change makes a   substance.

7. Give one example of a physical change and explain why it is physical.

8. Give one example of a chemical change and explain why it is chemical.