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A physical change is a change in the physical state of a substance. An example of a physical change is water turning to ice (a solid) when frozen. Its state of matter has changed, but it is still the same substance (water).

A chemical change is a change in the chemical structure of a substance(s). For example, when oxygen and magnesium react, they form magnesium oxide (a different substance). The chemical state of both the oxygen and magnesium atoms involved has changed.

Equations:

Oxygen + Magnesium --> Magnesium Oxide

O2 + 2Mg --> 2MgO

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