Physical and Chemical Changes

1. What kind of change does a glowing electric bulb undergo?

(a) Physical change
(b) Chemical change
(c) Irreversible change
(d) Undesirable change

2. Identify the change undergone by burning of wood.

(a) Reversible change (b) Physical change
(c) Chemical change (d) All of the above

3. Which of the following is NOT a chemical change?

(a) Digestion of food
(b) Precipitation of rain and snow
(c) Rusting of iron
(d) Burning of paper

4. Why is the rusting of iron grouped under a chemical change?

(a) It changes its colour.
(b) It becomes powdery.
(c) A new substance is formed.
(d) It changes its shape.

5. Study the reaction given below.

Copper sulphate (soln.) + Iron  Iron sulphate (soln.) + Copper

What kind of a change takes place in the given reaction?

(a) Chemical change (b) Physical change
(c) Biochemical (d) Both (A) and (B)

6. What kind of change is undergone when wheat flour is made into a chapati?
(a) Physical change.
(b) Reversible, chemical change.
(c) Irreversible, chemical change.
(d) Change of state.

7. Which of the following is a chemical change?

(a) Food gives out a foul smell
(b) Pollution of air caused due to explosion of fireworks
(c) Change of colour in a cut apple, if left outside
(d) All of the above

8. Some pieces of chalk are mixed with water. In this change, how many new substances is/are formed?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) No new substance is formed.
9. Pooja took a candle in a vessel and heated the vessel. Even though the candle did not burn, it changed
its shape and state. What kind of change is this?
(a) Neutralisation
(b) Physical change
(c) Chemical change
(d) Irreversible change

10. What kind of change does sodium chloride undergo when it is added to water?
(a) Physical change
(b) Chemical change
(c) Chemical reaction
(d) Temporary change

11. Match the entries in Column-l with those in Column-ll.

Column I Column II
(a) Burning of wood (a) Physical change
(b) Formation of day and night (b) Slow change
(c) Curdling of milk (c) Periodic change
(d) Melting of ice (d) Chemical change

(a) a - 2, b - 3, c - 4, d - 1
(b) a - 4 , b - 3, c - 2, d - 1
(c) a - 4, b - 3, c - 1, d - 2
(d) a - 3, b - 4, c - 2, d - 1

12. Which of the following is a physical change?

(a) Grinding of wheat (b) Photosynthesis
(c) Curdling of milk (d) Burning of coal

13. Which of the following properties of iron is NOT a physical property?

(a) Electrical conductivity
(b) Magnetic property
(c) Good conductor of heat
(d) Reaction with moisture to get rusted

14. Which of the following is NOT a property of physical change?

(a) Change in state and colour
(b) Change in composition
(c) Temporary change
(d) Reversible change

15. What kind of change is undergone by the expansion of railway tracks during summer?
(a) Irreversible, physical change
(b) Reversible, physical change
(c) Irreversible, chemical change
(d) Reversible, chemical change
16. Which of the following is NOT a physical change?
(a) Tearing a paper
(b) Heating an iron rod to bend it
(c) Freezing water into ice
(d) Growth of a sapling into a tree

17. What kind of change is neutralisation?

(a) A physical change
(b) A chemical change
(c) Sometimes a physical and some- times a chemical change
(d) Neither a physical nor a chemical change

18. Identify the correct characteristic of a physical change.

(a) Permanent change
(b) Irreversible
(c) Change in composition
(d) Change in colour

19. Which of the following changes does sugar undergo when it is dissolved in water to form sugar solution?
(a) Chemical change
(b) Physical change
(c) Neutralization reaction
(d) Irreversible change

20. Which of the following is a chemical change?

(a) Cooking of food
(b) Evaporation of water
(c) Mowing of grass
(d) Melting of wax

21. Which of the following is NOT a chemical change?

(a) Respiration (b) Crystallization
(c) Combustion (d) Oxidation

22. Which of the following is NOT correctly paired?

(a) Sublimation - Physical change
(b) Precipitation - Physical change
(c) Decomposition - Chemical change
(d) Decantation - Chemical change

23. What kind of change is undergone by the burning of wax?

(a) Physical change (b) Chemical change
(c) Reversible change (d) Periodic change

24. Which of the following is an irreversible change?

(a) Change of water into steam
(b) Melting of wax
(c) Transpiration
(d) Corrosion
25. When a substance undergoes a physical change, what change is seen in its mass?
(a) It increases.
(b) It decreases.
(c) It remains the same.
(d) It either increases or decreases.
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 4

26. Which of the following is a chemical change?

(a) Explosion of crackers
(b) Magnetisation of iron
(c) Charging of a battery
(d) Both (B) and (C)

27. When an iron bar of length 12 cm is magnetised, its length was found to have increased. What happens
to its mass?
(a) It increases.
(b) It decreases.
(c) It remains the same.
(d) It cannot be explained.

28. Which of the following will be true of 'ash’ that is obtained by burning wood in air?
(a) Some properties of ash will not be similar to wood.
(b) The properties of ash will be similar to wood.
(c) The properties of ash will be different from both wood and air.
(d) The properties of ash will be similar to both wood and air.

29. Which of the following is a physical change?

(a) The rusting of iron nails
(b) The burning of diesel
(c) Breaking of a glass bottle
(d) The heating of iron with sulphur

30. Which of the following changes caused by heating a substance is irreversible?

(a) Change in size
(b) Change in state
(c) Change in colour
(d) Change in substance

31. What change is observed when a piece of magnesium wire is burnt?

(a) Physical change
(b) Chemical change
(c) Nuclear change
(c) Both (A) and (B)
32. Observe the following figures.

Identify the type of change.

(a) Physical change (b) Chemical change
(c) Reversible change (d) Periodic change

33. Which of the following suffers maximum damage due to the rusting of iron?

(a) 2 (b) 1
(c) 3 (d) 4

34. Read the following statements carefully and then select the correct answer.

1. An Iron ball which can pass through a ring easily may not do so when heated.
2. When seeds are soaked in water, they absorb water and grow bigger.

(a) Both the statements 1 and 2 indicate physical changes.

(b) Both the statements 1 and 2 indicate chemical changes.
(c) Statement 1 shows a physical change while statement 2 shows a chemical change.
(d) Statement 1 shows a chemical change while statement 2 shows a physical change.

35. What change takes place when a boy kicks a football?

(a) Exothermic reaction
(b) Endothermic reaction
(c) Physical change
(d) Chemical change

36. Three substances given below are kept in the open for a few days.

Which of them will undergo a chemical change?

(a) Eggs
(b) Plastic bottle
(c) Both eggs and moth balls
(d) Eggs, plastic boitle and moth balls
37. Karuna wrapped some green gram pulses in a wet cotton cloth and when she observed them after a couple
of days, she found small white growths on them. What could be this change?
(a) Physical change
(b) Temporary change
(c) Chemical change
(d) Periodic change

38. On sprinkling salt on an ice cube, it starts melting. What change does the cube of ice undergo?
(a) Physical change
(b) Chemical change
(c) Molecular change
(d) Permanent change

39. Which of the following changes does food in a refrigerator undergo?

(a) Slow, physical change
(b) Slow, chemical change
(c) Fast, chemical change
(d) Fast, physical change

40. Which of the following changes results in the formation of a new substance?
(a) Physical (b) Chemical
(c) Reversible (d) Periodic
 Answers With Solutions

1. (a) As no new substance is formed when an electric bulb glows, it is a physical change.

2. (c) The burning of wood is a chemical change. When wood burns, new substances (ash and smoke) are formed.

3. (b) Precipitation of rain and snow is only a change of state and no new substance is formed.

4. (c) Rust (Iron oxide) is a substance that has properties which are different from both iron and oxygen. So, a new
substance is formed.

5. (a) When a piece of iron is dipped in copper sulphate solution, iron sulphate is formed. This is a chemical reaction
in which iron replaces copper to form iron sulphate.
Fe(s)  CuSO4 (aq)  FeSO4 (aq)  Cu(s)

6. (c) An irreversible, chemical change is undergone by wheat flour in the preparation of chapathies.

7. (d) Statements (A), (B) and (C) are examples of chemical change.

8. (d) When few pieces of chalk are mixed with water, new substance is not formed. So, it is a physical change.

9. (b) The candle melted on heating but no new substance is formed. So, it is a physical change.

10. (a) When sodium chloride is added to water, there is no change in molecular composition. Hence, it is a physical
change.

11. (b) Burning of wood - chemical change Formation of day and night – periodic change.
Curdling of milk - slow change
Melting of ice - physical change
The correct combination is a - 4, b - 3, c - 2, d - 1

12. (a) During grinding of wheat, only the size changes. The grains of wheat are powdered to flour. Hence, it is only a
physical change.

13. (d) Rusting is not a physical property as the rust of iron is a new substance, an oxide of iron.

14. (b) During a physical change, the following changes occur:

(i) Change in state and colour.
(ii) Change is temporary.
(iii) Change is reversible.
But there is no change in composition.

15. (b) The railway tracks undergo expansion in summer and contraction in winter. So, it is a reversible, physical change.

16. (d) Tearing a paper, bending an iron rod after heating and freezing water into ice in all these changes we do not
observe the formation of any new substances. Hence, all are physical changes.
17. (b) Neutralisation is a chemical change in which an acid reacts with a base to form salt and water.

18. (d) Physical change is a temporary change and reversible with change in physical properties like colour, state, shape,
etc.

19. (b) Sugar dissolves in water and forms sugar solution. It is a physical change, because we can get back the sugar by
the evaporation of sugar solution.

20. (a) Cooking of food leads to the formation of a new substance and also the change is permanent. Therefore, it is a
chemical change.

21. (b) The formation of large crystals of pure substances from their solutions is called crystallization. It is a physical
change.

22. (d) Decantation - It is the process of pouring out supernatent liquid from the sediment solid. It is not a chemical
change.

23. (b) Melting of wax is a physical change, but burning of wax is a chemical change as it results in the formation of new
substances, CO2 and water vapour.

24. (d) Corrosion is a chemical change, and it is irreversible.

25. (c) During a physical change, no new substance is formed. Hence, there is no change in the mass of the substance.

26. (a) Explosion of crackers is a chemical change as it results in the formation of new substances and it is irreversible.

27. (c) Magnetisation makes the molecules in the iron bar regroup themselves in an orderly alignment. It does not involve
any increase in mass.

28. (c) Ash is formed when wood burns in the presence of air. Ash is a powdery substance and its properties are different
from those of wood and air.

29. (c) A glass bottle after it breaks undergoes change only in the size and shape, but not in its composition. So, it is a
physical change.

30. (d) Changes given in (A), (B) and (C) are reversible. However, change in a substance due to heating may not be
reversible. For example, when paper is burnt, ash is formed. Ash is a new substance and this change is irreversible.

31. (b) During the burning of magnesium wire, magnesium reacts with oxygen to form magnesium oxide, a new
substance. Hence, it is a chemical change.

32. (b) In the given figure, carbon reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide, a new substance. It is a chemical change.

33. (c) Lower part of ship (made up of iron) always remains under water. The salt water makes the process of rust
formation faster. So, a ship undergoes rusting faster than the others.
34. (c) 1st change is reversible. When the iron ball cools down, it will again pass through the ring. It is a physical change.
2nd change is irreversible as we cannot get back the same seed once it has started to grow. Hence, it is a chemical
change.

35. (c) The kicking of a ball by the player is an example of a physical change.

36. (a) The bacteria present in air break down the proteins in the egg whites and hydrogen sulphide gas is produced
which gives a 'rotten egg’ smell. As the change is permanent and irreversible, it is a chemical change.
Plastic bottle does not show any change. The moth balls(naphthalene) sublime at room temperature. It is a physical
change.

37. (c) Pulses germinate undergoing several changes. During the chemical change, physical changes also takes place.
The change is irreversible. Hence, it is a chemical change.

38. (a) On sprinkling salt on a piece of ice, it melts. It is a physical change (a temporary change).

39. (b) Low temperature in a fridge slows down the chemical change in food and keeps it fresh for a long time.

40. (b) A chemical change results in the formation of a new substance.