Understanding Physical Changes
Explore physical changes in matter with this Grade 3 science worksheet, covering melting, freezing, tearing, and shaping materials.
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Understanding Physical Changes
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet is about physical changes in matter.
1. Which of these is an example of a physical change?
Burning wood
Rusting iron
Melting ice
Baking a cake
2. When you tear a piece of paper, what kind of change occurs?
Chemical change
Physical change
No change
Both chemical and physical
1. Freezing water into ice cubes is a physical change.
True
False
2. When you bake a cookie, it goes through a physical change.
True
False
1. When matter changes its shape, size, or state, it is called a change.
2. Melting is an example of a physical change because the substance is still the same, just in a different .
3. If you cut an apple into slices, you have made a change to the apple.
1. Describe one example of a physical change you might see in your kitchen. Explain why it is a physical change.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
1. When ice melts, it changes from a to a state.
2. A change does not create a new substance.