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identify the following as either chemical or physical
burning wood
chemical change
physical change
chemical property
physical property
A chemical change involves the formation of new substances. When wood burns, it reacts with oxygen to form ash, carbon dioxide, water vapor, etc. These are new substances. A physical change would not form new substances (e.g., melting ice - still water). A property (chemical or physical) is a characteristic of a substance, not a process. Burning wood is a process (a change), and since new substances are formed, it is a chemical change.
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