physical and chemical change Flashcards
what is physical change?
Change of state, shape, or appearance of matter.
No new substance formed.
what is chemical change?
Change in physical and chemical properties.
One or more substance is formed
7 indicators of chemical change
Colour change
Substances disappearing
New substances appearing
Bubbling and gas
Temperature changes
Sound and light
Precipitate formation.
what is an endothermic reaction?
- taking in heat - gets colder
what is an exothermic reaction?
releasing heat - gets warmer
what is a product and a reactant?
reactant - what causes the reaction
product - the outcome
9 indicators of phyiscal change
Shape change
Mixing
Dissolving
Expansion
Contraction
Melting
Vaporisation
Condensation
Freezing
what are physical properties?
a feature of a substance that we can tell with out senses
6 types of chemical reaction
combustion (when a substance burns)
combination (a+b - ab)
single displacement (a + bc - ac + b)
double displacement (ab + cd - cb +ad)
decomposition (ab - a + b)
what law states that mass in a chemical reaction is neither created nor destroyed
law of conservation of mass