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Sharpness is a physical property. Sharpening is not a property, it is an action designed to produce a property.

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Is sharpening a pencil an example of a physical property?

yes


A pencil becomes shorter after sharpening is it a physical or chemical?

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Is sharpening a pencil a chemical or physical?

Sharpening a pencil is a physical change because it involves a change in the physical appearance of the pencil tip without altering its chemical composition. The process of grinding the pencil against a sharpener simply reshapes the pencil tip.


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Is a pencil sharpened a physical or chemical change?

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Why is sharpening a pencil a physical change?

Because the pencil is made of wood and you only changed the size and shape of the wood or pencil and did not change what the wood is made of the substance


Is sharpening of pencil a reverseable change?

I have noidea and am wondering about it too. Because it is a physical change, the answer is probaly yes.


Is breaking pencil a chemical change?

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What is the fear called for sharpening your pencil?

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Ideas for demonstrating physical changes for kids?

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Why wearing down of pencil lead is physical change?

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