This document discusses the differences between physical and chemical changes. It defines physical changes as changes that affect a substance's physical properties, like state, shape or size, without changing its chemical identity. Chemical changes form new substances with different properties than the reactants. The document also outlines signs that indicate a chemical change occurred, like gas production or color change. It explains that the law of conservation of mass states that mass is never created or destroyed in chemical or physical changes, only rearranged into different substances.

1. Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes
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2. Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes
Indiana Standards
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• 8.1.7 Explain that chemical changes occur when
substances react and form one or more different
products, whose physical and chemical properties
are different from those of the reactants.
• 8.1.8 Demonstrate that in a chemical change, the
total numbers of each kind of atom in the product
are the same as in the reactants and that the total
mass of the reacting system is conserved.

3. Change of Appearance
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What are physical changes of matter?
• A physical change is a change that affects one
or more physical properties of a substance.
• The appearance, shape, or size of a substance
may be altered during a physical change.
• Physical changes, such as changes in state, do not
change the chemical identity of a substance.
Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes

4. Change from the inside
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What are chemical changes to matter?
• A chemical change is the process in which one
or more substances change into entirely new
substances.
• Chemical changes are not the same as chemical
properties.
• Burning is a chemical change; flammability is a
chemical property.
Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes

5. What are chemical changes to matter?
• When particles and chemical bonds that make up
a substance are rearranged, a chemical change
has taken place.
• Chemical changes are often influenced by
temperature.
• Higher temperatures often mean faster chemical
reactions.
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Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes

6. Look for the Signs
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How can you tell a chemical change has
happened?
• There are several signs that a chemical reaction
has occurred.
• Observing two or more of these signs during a
change means you are likely observing a chemical
change.
Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes

7. How can you tell a chemical change has
happened?
• Odors can be produced during a chemical change.
• Fizzing and foaming may mean gases are being
produced.
• The production of gas is often evidence of a
chemical change.
• Boiling also can produce gas bubbles, but boiling
is a physical change.
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Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes

8. How can you tell a chemical change has
happened?
• A precipitate is a solid that falls out of solution.
• The formation of a precipitate can indicate a
chemical change.
• Energy that changes from one form to another can
be evidence of a chemical change.
• Changes in temperature and color can be signs of
a chemical change.
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Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes

9. Conservation Is the Law
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What is the law of conservation of
mass?
• French chemist Antoine Lavoisier studied chemical
changes in which substances appeared to gain or
lose mass.
• Lavoisier completed experiments in sealed bulbs
to show conservation of mass during a reaction.
Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes

10. What is the law of conservation of
mass?
• The law of conservation of mass states that in
ordinary chemical and physical changes, mass is
not created or destroyed. It is only transformed
into different substances.
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Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes

11. What is the law of conservation of
mass?
• Physical changes are reversible and follow the law
of conservation of mass.
• Mass is conserved during chemical changes. The
mass of the starting materials is the same as the
mass of the end products.
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Unit 2 Lesson 2 Physical and Chemical Changes