MATTER AND ENERGY

2.3 - Physical and Chemical Changes

Some examples of physical changes are:

• cutting a piece of paper
• ice melting
• boiling water
• drawing copper into a fine wire
• separating out water from seawater
• separating out oxygen gas from air

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