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Reversible vs Irreversible Changes Explained

This lesson focuses on understanding reversible and irreversible changes in materials. Reversible changes can be undone, such as water turning to ice and back, while irreversible changes cannot be reversed, like burning paper. The lesson also distinguishes between physical changes, which may be reversible, and chemical changes, which are always irreversible.

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Reversible vs Irreversible Changes Explained

This lesson focuses on understanding reversible and irreversible changes in materials. Reversible changes can be undone, such as water turning to ice and back, while irreversible changes cannot be reversed, like burning paper. The lesson also distinguishes between physical changes, which may be reversible, and chemical changes, which are always irreversible.

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Properties and

Changes of
Materials
Unit 5
Grade 5, Lesson 3
Objective
• To understand the importance of
reversible and irreversible
changes.

• To understand the difference


between reversible and
irreversible changes.
Think
back!!!!!
• While doing your last investigation did
you find a pattern in your results?

• Is there a link between thermal and


electrical conductors?

3
Changes
 Changes happen all around
us, even within us.
 All changes in the world are
one of the two types –
 Reversible changes and
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irreversible changes.
changes
 A change which can happen backward,
that is, can be reversed is called a
reversible change. If you keep water in
the freezer for some time, it transforms
into ice. But as soon as you take it out of
the freezer, it turns into water again. This
is a reversible change. Similarly, if you
boil water, it evaporates and becomes
5water vapor. When you cool this vapor
Reversible
changes

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changes
A change which cannot happen
backward, that is, it cannot be
reversed is called an irreversible
change. When you burn a piece of
paper, it turns to ash. It cannot
become paper again.Your height
cannot decrease. These are
7 irreversible changes. They cannot
Irreversible
changes

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Physical changes and
chemical changes
 To understand reversible
changes and irreversible
changes better, we need to
know what physical changes
and chemical changes are.
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Physical changes
 Physical changes are
changes that occur in the
physical properties of the
substance, like shape, size,
and nature. Physical changes
may or may not be reversible
changes. Like, turning of water
into ice is an example of
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reversible changes but growth
Chemical changes
 All chemical changes
are irreversible
changes. Once the
chemical properties o
f a substance
are changed, it
becomes another
11 substance. Thus, it
Classwork!!!!

Compare
reversible and
irreversible
changes.
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What do
you think?
How would you get
the salt and the
water back from a
salt and water
mixture?
13
Homework!!!!

Read pages pgs. 74 &


75 of your Science
Student book

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THANK
S!

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