Chemical Vs Physical Properties
Explore the differences between chemical and physical properties of matter with this grade 2 science worksheet.
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Chemical Vs Physical Properties
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Remember, physical properties can be observed without changing the substance, while chemical properties describe how a substance reacts or changes into a new substance.
1. Which of these is a physical property?
Burning wood
Melting ice
Rusting iron
Baking a cake
2. When paper burns and turns into ash, this is an example of a change.
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chemical
temperature
size
1. Cutting an apple in half is a chemical change.
True
False
2. When water freezes into ice, it is still water.
True
False
1. A physical change does not make a substance.
2. When something rusts, it is a change.
3. The color of an object is a property.
1. Describe one physical property you can observe about a toy car.
2. What happens to a marshmallow when you burn it over a campfire? Is this a physical or chemical change? Explain why.
Look at the image below showing different states of matter. Based on what you see, is changing from a solid to a liquid a chemical or physical change?
