Chemical Changes vs Physical Changes

Freezing Water

Burning a match

Baking a Cake

Sweating

Making Tea

Cutting a Carrot

Boiling an egg

Wood Burning

paper clip bending

Plant growing into a tree

What is the difference between a chemical change and a physical change?

Chemical Change

• Chemical change is any change that results in the formation of new chemical substances.
• At the molecular level, chemical change involves making or breaking of bonds between atoms.
• Cited "General Chemistry Online"

Physical Change

• Physical change rearranges molecules but doesn't affect their internal structures.
• Cited "General Chemistry Online"