Physical and Chemical Changes (Grade 7 Notes)

L 6 Physical and Chemical changes
Q.1.Classify the changes involved in the following processes as physical or

chemical changes:
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Dissolving sugar in water
(c) Burning of coal
(d) Melting of wax
(e) Beating aluminium to make aluminium foil
(f) Digestion of food
Ans.(a) Chemical change (b) Physical change
(c) Chemical change (d) Physical change
(e) Physical change (f) Chemical change
Q2 When baking soda is mixed with lemon juice, bubbles are formed with the
evolution of a gas. What type of change is it? Explain.
Ans. The reaction between baking soda and lemon juice can be given as below:
Lemon juice + Baking soda ————-> C02 (bubbles) + Other substances
(Citric acid) (Sodium hydrogen carbonate) (Carbon dioxide)
It is a chemical change
Q3. When a candle burns, both physical and chemical changes take place.
Identify these changes. Give another example of a familiar process in which
both the chemical and physical changes take place.
Ans. When a candle burns, both physical and chemical changes occur:
(i) Physical change: melting of wax, vapourisation of melted wax.
(ii) Chemical change: Burning of vapours of wax to give carbon dioxide, heat and
light.
LPG is another example in which physical change occurs when LPG comes out of
cylinder and is converted from liquid to gaseous state and a chemical change
occurs when gas burns in air.
Q4 How would you show that setting of a curd is a chemical change?
Ans. We can say that setting of curd is a chemical change because we can not get
the original substance, i.e., milk back and a new substance is formed with different
taste, smell and other chemical properties.
Q5 Explain why burning of wood and cutting it into small pieces are
considered as two different types of changes. ~
Ans. Burning of wood is a chemical change because in burning new substances are
formed as
Wood + Oxygen ———–> Charcoal + Carbon dioxide + Heat + Light
But cutting it into small pieces is physical change because no new substance is
formed. We can only reduce the size of wood.
Q6Describe how crystals of copper sulphate are prepared.

Ans. Take a cupful of water in a beaker and add a few drops of dilute sulphuric
acid. Heat the water. When it starts boiling, add copper sulphate powder slowly.
Continue to add copper sulphate powder till no more powder can be dissolved.
.During this process continuously stir the solution. Filter the solution. Leave it for
cooling. Look it after some time, you can see the crystals of copper sulphate.
Q7 Explain how painting of an iron gate prevents it from rusting?

Ans. It is known that for rusting the presence of oxygen and moisture is essential.
Painting prevents the iron gate from coming in contact with oxygen and moisture.
Q.8. Explain why rusting of iron objects is faster in coastal areas than in
deserts.
Ans. As content of moisture in the air in coastal areas is higher than in the air in
deserts. So, the process of rusting is faster in coastal areas.
Q9. Is cloud formation a physical change or chemical change? Explain.

Answer:
Formation of clouds is a physical change. Clouds are formed by the condensation
of water vapours present in the atmosphere. When rainwater goes back on the
earth, no new product is formed. Therefore, it is a physical change.
Q10. Write the differences between physical and chemical changes.
Answer:
Differences between physical and chemical changes are
Physical change Chemical change

No new substance is formed. New substance is formed.
It is a temporary change. It is a permanent change.
Physical change is easily reversible. Chemical change is irreversible.
A lot of energy (in the form of heat, light,
Very little energy (heat, etc) is absorbed or given
sound etc) is absorbed or given out in a
out in a physical change.
chemical change.
Q11Magnesium ribbon bums in air and changes to white substance, i.e.

magnesium oxide. When magnesium oxide dissolves in water, what type of
change take place? Give reason in support of your answer. Express the change
in the form of equation.
Answer:
Mixing of ash obtained by the burning of magnesium with water is a chemical
change. When magnesium is burnt in air, it forms magnesium oxide in the form of
white ash.
Magnesium (Mg)+ Oxygen (O2) → Magnesium oxide (MgO)
When magnesium oxide dissolves in water, it forms a new substance, magnesium
hydroxide.
Magnesium oxide (MgO) + Water (H2O) → Magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)2
So, it is a chemical change.

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L 6 Physical and Chemical changes

Q.1.Classify the changes involved in the following processes as physical or

Q6Describe how crystals of copper sulphate are prepared.

Q7 Explain how painting of an iron gate prevents it from rusting?

Q9. Is cloud formation a physical change or chemical change? Explain.

Physical change Chemical change

Q11Magnesium ribbon bums in air and changes to white substance, i.e.

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