Chemical and Physical Change Webquest

Complete the following webquest. Write your answers in a Word document. When you have finished, email the document to leggw@freyberg.ac.nz with your name in the subject line.

Go to: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html

Now click on “States” on the menu on the right

Answer the following questions:

1. What are the 3 states of matter?
2. How do elements move from one phase to another? Give an example.
3. Draw the diagram showing changes in states (from solids to gases).

Go to http://www.ric.edu/faculty/ptiskus/chemical/

Answer the following questions:

1.       What is the difference between a physical change and a chemical change?

2.    What are three examples of physical changes used on this web page?

3.    What are the five signs of a chemical change?

4.    What is the most important thing you need to remember for a physical change?

5.       What happened in the video when sodium and chlorine are combined?

6.       BONUS: What is the water used as in this reaction?

Go to http://www.quia.com/quiz/303980.html and take the quiz

 Record your score here: _____.

Go to http://www.teacherbridge.org/public/bhs/teachers/Dana/chemphys.html

1.       What is the difference between a chemical property and a physical property?

2.       Take the quiz. Record your score here: _____.

3.       Write down the definition for a physical change.

4.       Write down the definition for a chemical change.

5.       Research one of the following substances and make a table of ten physical properties of this material and ten chemical properties of this material.

a.       Gold

b.      Lead

c.       Carbon dioxide

d.      Sodium chloride

e.      Oxygen

f.        Uranium

g.       Acetone

h.      Gasoline

i.         Methane

j.        tungsten

k.       Zinc