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PALM VALLEY MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL, INC
483 Denmark St., Alaminos Heights Subdivision, Alaminos, Laguna

A DepEd-Recognized Educational Institution
SUBJECT: GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1 ASYNCHRONOUS NO. ACTIVITY#2

TOPIC: CHANGES IN MATTER (LABORATORY EXPERIMENT)DATE: SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
LESSON NO.: #3 TEACHER: Ms. RONALYN A. GESMUNDO
Investigation #1: Physical or Chemical Change?

B ackground information:
In chemistry, the term change can refer to both physical and chemical
changes. In the simplest sense, a physical change is a change in the form
of the original substance. A chemical change is a change in the
composition of the original substance. A chemical change is also called a
chemical reaction.
Chemists have developed a list of common signs that may

indicate the occurrence of a chemical change. These include:
1. Bubbles of gas appear
2. A precipitate (solid) forms
3. An unexpected color change occurs
4. Gain or release of energy (heat or light)
5. A change in volume occurs
6. A change in electrical conductivity occurs
7. A change in melting point or boiling point occurs
8. A change in odor or taste occurs
9. A change in a distinctive chemical or physical property occurs;
not easily reversed
Physical changes occur when objects undergo a change that does not
change their chemical nature. A physical change involves a change in
physical properties.
Physical properties can be observed without changing the type of matter.
Examples of physical properties include: texture, shape, size, color, odor,
volume, mass, weight, and density. Change of state (ie. solid to liquid)
 Creation or separation of a m ixture (including homogeneous

mixtures, where the solute may not be visible)
 Physical deformation (cutting, denting, stretching, etc.)
 Physical relocation (moving an object)
S ome examples of physical and chemical changes:
 If a piece of paper is cut up into small pieces, it is still paper.

 If you add water to a piece of string a chemical or physical reaction
will not take place.
 Mixing sugar with water to dissolve sugar in the water. However, if one
baked a cake with flour, water, sugar, and other ingredients, new
substances would appear. Chemical reactions occur in the baking
Lab Experiment #1
Materials: cornstarch, water, cup, stir stick
1. Place 30 mL of cornstarch in a cup

2. Add 10 mL of water and stir well
3. Place some of the mixture on a table.
4. Touch it with your fingertips
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. Is the product a liquid or a solid?
2. Did you observe a physical or chemical change?
3. Is the product a mixture or a pure substance?
Lab Experiment #2
Materials: steel wool, vinegar, cup
1. Place the steel wool in the bottom of a cup.
2. Add 50 mL of vinegar.
3. Wait for 15 minutes.
4. Observe any changes.
5. Label the cup with your name and place in designated location in
room. Observe it over the course of 3 or 4 days.
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. Did you observe a physical or chemical change?
2. What evidence is there that a physical or chemical change has taken place?
Lab Experiment #3
Materials: 40 mL of skim milk, 10 mL of vinegar, 3 plastic cups, filter
paper or coffee filter, plastic spoon, baking soda, 2 pieces of paper
1. Pour about 40 mL of skim milk into a plastic cup. Add about 10
mL of vinegar and stir to mix.
2. Pour the mixture through a coffee filter into another cup.
3. Use a plastic spoon to scrape off the solid material that collects
on the filter. Place this material in a third cup.
4. Add a pea-sized amount of baking soda to the third cup. Stir to mix.
5. You have made a natural glue! Try gluing two pieces of paper
together to see how well the glue works.
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. Is making glue an example of a physical change or a chemical change?
2. What evidence is there that a physical or chemical change has taken place?
ANSWER SHEET
D irections: You must select two experiments from the choices above. Follow the
instructions for your experiment and complete the scientific process
(hypothesis, observations, conclusions) on this worksheet.
Note: You must complete the hypothesis before you begin your experiment!
EXPERIMENT NO. 1:
Hypothesis (what you think will happen and why): I’m expecting that it will be just
nothing like you know mixing water and cornstarch it feelings like you’re just
mixing a flour, and I really don’t have any idea about this so I hope this
experiment surprise me.
Procedure: (given)
Observations (What did you observe? Write a description. Draw a

diagram w/labels.): Okay so first I poured the water in the cornstarch
and started stirring it for about 2 to 3 minutes. After that I put the
mixture in the newspaper since I can’t use a table without newspaper.
At first it was like a water like nothing special happens. But then I was
amazed because you know it was just like a quicksand. When I started
to roll it like a clay then stop rolling and rounding it, it drips through my
fingers! Like from being solid (rolling and rounding like a clay) to being
liquid.
Conclusions/Analysis (Was your hypothesis correct? Why or why not?

Did you observe a physical or chemical change? How do you know?):
My hypothesis is not correct but the thing here is that this experiment
really is fun and amazing for me. I observed a physical change here,
under intensive which is the solubility, the texture. It was smooth and I
also noticed that, when I dipped and dipped like paulit ulit ko siya
dinidip, but the mixture is like hindi siya liquid since hindi siya nasama
sa skin.Because when something is liquid, just a dip of a finger can easily
wet our skin. In the mixture, it is not wet, but once you put your finger
for about 5 seconds it will become liquid.
EXPERIMENT NO. 2:
Hypothesis (what you think will happen and why): I am expecting that there will be a
chemical reaction that will happen since I have to wait until three days, so I’m expecting
that maybe the vinegar will change from being white to maybe gray like the color of the
steel wool since vinegar has acid so I think there will be a chemical reaction.
Procedure: (given)
Observations (What did you observe? Write a description. Draw a

diagram w/labels.): I observed that as the days passed like from day 1
to day 3, you can obviously observed that the color of the vinegar is
changing, from blurry white to color red or the color of rust. You can
literally see that their color changed and you can see also that the
coating of the steel wool was you know nag tatanggalan. But when I
compare the steel wool that I used in experiment and the other one,
nothing change, I thought there will be some rust. It’s just the color that
changed and also the coating of the steel wool changed too. But the
smell of the vinegar doesn’t change.
Conclusions/Analysis (Was your hypothesis correct? Why or why not?

Did you observe a physical or chemical change? How do you know?):
My hypothesis is correct, there was a chemical reaction that happened,
the only thing that I am not correct here is that the expectation of the
color, I said in the hypothesis that the vinegar will changed its color
from white to silver or gray like the color of the steel wool. Because
after 3 days the color of the vinegar is like the color of the rust. And also
the steel wool the coat of it, they were removed as day passed by. And
how do I know that there is a chemical reaction? Because of the color.
Because you can obviously observed that they changed their color as
the day passed by.
Guided questions:
Exp #1:
1. For me, the mixture becomes solid if you move it quickly or round it like clay, but once you stop
rounding it, it becomes liquid and this mixture is called quicksand.and once you stop playing or rounding
this mixture, it will drip through your fingers.
2. It’s a physical change, because the cornstarch is soluble, once you start putting water in the cornstarch
and stir it, it will dissolve.
3. It’s a mixture since it’s just water and cornstarch.
Exp #2:
1. I observed a chemical change, but you can only observed this if you let the steel wool and the vinegar
for over 3 days.
2. The chemical change that I observed here is obviously the color of the vinegar, and also the coating of
the steel wool were removed after 2 days.

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PALM VALLEY MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL, INC

483 Denmark St., Alaminos Heights Subdivision, Alaminos, Laguna

SUBJECT: GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1 ASYNCHRONOUS NO. ACTIVITY#2

Investigation #1: Physical or Chemical Change?

Chemists have developed a list of common signs that may

 Creation or separation of a m ixture (including homogeneous

S ome examples of physical and chemical changes:

 If a piece of paper is cut up into small pieces, it is still paper.

1. Place 30 mL of cornstarch in a cup

Observations (What did you observe? Write a description. Draw a

Conclusions/Analysis (Was your hypothesis correct? Why or why not?

Observations (What did you observe? Write a description. Draw a

Conclusions/Analysis (Was your hypothesis correct? Why or why not?

3. It’s a mixture since it’s just water and cornstarch.

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