Understanding Physical Changes
A worksheet for Grade 4 students to learn about physical changes in matter, including examples and characteristics.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand physical changes in matter.
1. Which of the following is an example of a physical change?
Burning wood
Rusting of 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
Biological change
1. A physical change creates a new substance.
True
False
2. Cutting an apple in half is a physical change.
True
False
1. When water freezes into ice, it undergoes a change.
2. The shape, size, or state of matter can change during a change, but the substance itself remains the same.
3. Dissolving sugar in water is an example of a change.
1. Describe what happens to a chocolate bar when it melts. Is this a physical change or a chemical change? Explain your answer.
2. Give two examples of physical changes you see in your everyday life.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
1. A physical change often involves a change in the of matter.
2. When you bend a wire, you change its .
3. Most physical changes are , meaning you can often change the substance back to its original form.
4. A physical change does NOT create a .