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Is cutting of tree a chemical change or physical change?
Cutting of trees is a chemical change since we cannot get back the original tree from the wooden pieces. It is Irreversible.
[Recapitulation:
Physical change is the change of that matter where only the appearance or molecular arrangement of matter changes without changing its composition.
Examples: Boiling and freezing of water, melting of wax, mixing sand and grains, crumpling a paper bag, chopping wood etc.
Properties of physical change are as follows:
• Most of the physical changes are reversible. The original form of the matter can be attained.
• It is a temporary change and no new substance is formed.
• During a physical change, no energy is absorbed or released
• Physical change causes a change in physical properties such as shape, size, etc.
Chemical change: The change in which chemical properties of the matter change is known as chemical change.
During a chemical reaction, the chemical bonds between the molecules are broken and rearranged, and new bonds are formed resulting in the formation of new compounds.
For example, a photosynthesis reaction is a chemical change as carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll to give sugar molecules and oxygen as a product. Here, sugar once formed cannot be converted back to carbon dioxide and water easily. As a new compound is formed from the reaction between water and carbon dioxide, it is a chemical change.]
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