Changes in Matter

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Physical and Chemical Changes

of Matter
What is “Change”?
 It is the act of altering a substance.

 An event, NOT a trait.


Before condition  After condition.

 Can be PHYSICAL or CHEMICAL.


Physical Change
 Does not alter the chemical composition or
identity of the substance, only the form.

 Melting ice (change in state or phase)


 Freezing Kool-aid
 Tearing paper
 Boiling water (change in state or phase)
 Stretching silly putty
 Making a mixture (ex. Sugar water)
 Unmixing a mixture (ex. sorting)
Chemical Changes
 Does alter the chemical composition or identity
of a substance and makes new substances.

 Burning paper
 Digesting food

 Rotting

 Iron reacting with oxygen gas

 A chemical change is also called a chemical


reaction.
Is it Physical or Chemical?
Change Physical Chemical
Melting cheese
Burning wood
Milk souring
Wadding up paper
Bicycle rusting
Parts of a Chemical Reaction
Reactants  Products

 Reactants: Substances that are broken


down by the chemical change.
 Products: Substances created by the
chemical change.
  Means “Yields”
Evidence for Chemical Reaction
1) Evolution of light.
Evidence for Chemical Reaction
2) Temperature Change.
Evidence for Chemical Reaction
3) Formation of a new Gas/Bubbles.
Evidence for Chemical Reaction
4) Color Changes.
Evidence for Chemical Reaction
5) Formation of a solid precipitate.
Law of Conservation of Mass (1789)

 Matter is never created or destroyed in


chemical reactions.
 Mass of reactants = Mass of products
 Why???
Because atoms are simply rearranged
in new ways in chemical reactions.
(LEGO analogy)
States of Matter
 The 3 main states of matter: solid, liquid, gas.

 Changes in state are physical changes (no


change in composition).

 Temperature is caused by the vibrational


(kinetic) energy of atoms or molecules.

 As temperature increases, 1) solids turn to


liquids, and 2) liquids turn to gases.
States of Matter for H2O
Definite Definite Compressible?
Shape? Volume?
GAS N N Y
LIQUID N Y N
SOLID Y Y N
CHANGES OF STATE

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