Chemical Changes
Of Matter
Definition:
Indicators of change:
1. There is a change in color
2. There is a temperature change
3. Bubbles start forming
4. There is noticeable odor
Examples
Examples could be when;
1. Milk goes sour because, the milk went from being a liquid, to being a solid
2. When wood is burning because, the fire burns the wood, turning the wood into ashes
3. When you bake a cake because at first, the batter is a liquid, but when you bake it in the oven, heat is applied and causes the batter to change into a solid
Examples
Eggs
Fireworks
Burning wood
Non Examples
1. Glass breaks because, the glass changed the shape, but the chemicals inside it have not changed
2. Water turning into ice because, the ice has the same chemicals as the water does, only the ice as atoms that are more packed together than the water did
3. Cutting paper because, the shape of the paper is changing, yet once again, the chemicals are still the same
Non Examples
Broken Pencil
Melted Popsicle
Sliced Bread
Citations
Examples of chemical changes:
"10 Examples of Chemical Changes That We Experience Every Day." About. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2014.