This document discusses physical and chemical changes, providing definitions and examples of each. A physical change alters a substance's physical properties but not its chemical composition, and can be reversed. A chemical change produces new substances with different properties than the original, through rearrangement of atoms, and cannot be reversed. The document also discusses the importance of balanced chemical equations in showing reactants, products, and mole ratios in chemical reactions. Four main types of chemical reactions are defined: combination, decomposition, displacement, and double decomposition.