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Cutting paper into tiny pieces is a psychical change. This is because the chemical properties of paper are left unchanged and the paper is only reduced to a fraction of its original size, which only affects its physical properties.
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∙ 15y agoThis is a physical change because cutting the paper is not changing what the paper is made up of,it's just changing it's shape.
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Why is cutting a paper into different shapes a physical change?
Cutting paper is a physical change because, it involves changing something without changing its chemical structure
Is cutting a circle out of a piece of paper a chemical or physical change?
Physical. But you didn't ask about a square!
When a piece of paper is torn into two pieces has it undergone a chemical change or a physical change?
ANSWER:Its a physical change. If you burned it and it became ash, its a chemical change. Physical change means it made no change on a molecular level. Its still paper, just in two separate pieces.It is a physical change, as the chemical property of the paper remains unchanged.
How is shreadding paper a physical change?
Shredding paper is a physical change because you can put all the pieces of paper back together again, i.e. it is still paper. The chemical nature has not changed, only the APPEARANCE has changed.
What changes occur to raw materials during the paper making process?
Papermaking is a series of physical and chemical changes. The physical and chemical changes will depends on raw material used and grade of paper manufactured. For a typical north American paper mill which uses wood for making copying paper, following changes will take place. Operation Type of Change Logging Physical Barking (Removal of bark) Physical Chipping Physical Screening Physical Cooking Chemical Washing Physical Chemical Recovery Chemical Bleaching Chemical Washing Physical Refining Physical Sizing Chemical & Physical Screening Physical Cleaning Physical Wet-end chemical addition Chemical & Physical Sheet Formation Physical Pressing Physical Drying Physical Calendaring Physical Winding Physical Rewinding Physical Cutting Physical
Is cutting paper a chemical?
Cutting paper is a physical change
Is cutting of paper physical or chemical?
Its physical cause when you cut the paper its still paper
Is cutting a paper physical or chemical change?
It is a physical change because it is still a sheet of paper.
Is cutting paper hearts from red paper a physical or chemical change?
Physical, because the paper hasn't changed any chemical properties (It is still paper), even after you cut a heart out of it.
Is tearing paper into smaller pieces a chemical change?
no... its a physical change
Is cutting a circle out of a piece of paper a chemical change?
No. It is a physical change because there is no change in the chemical composition of the paper. If you were to burn the paper, that would be a chemical change called combustion, which would turn the paper into carbon dioxide and water, with the release of heat.
Why is cutting a paper into different shapes a physical change?
Cutting paper is a physical change because, it involves changing something without changing its chemical structure
What are examples of chemical and physical change?
melting any metal is physical. rusting iron is chemical
When a piece of paper is torn into two pieces has it undergone a chemical change or physical change?
It encountered a physical change.
Is cutting a circle out of a piece of paper a chemical or physical change?
Physical. But you didn't ask about a square!
Is cutting paper hearts from red paper a phrsical change or a chemical change?
it is a physical change because you are doing something physical to it an example of a chemical change would be making an explosion the difference between physical and chemical changes is for physical your doing it to something that has physical properties like shaping something or cutting something maybe dealing with a sold or liquid but in a chemical change you are making something new you could say cutting it is physical but once you get the heart you have created something new with the paper a heart so that could be a chemical change because chemical and physical can happen twice even if your doing one task hope that answered your question
Cutting paper into smaller pieces is an example of what?
Cutting paper is an example of phisycal change.
