Changes Around Us
Overview
Ice melts into water, milk turns into curd, paper burns into ash. Changes are happening everywhere. Some changes can be reversed (reversible), while others cannot (irreversible). Let us learn how different things change.
Typed Notes
What is a Change?
When the shape, size, position, or form (state) of something changes — that is called a change. Folding paper (shape), stretching rubber (size), moving a car forward (position), turning ice into water (form) — all of these are changes. Some changes happen quickly (ice melting), while others happen slowly (iron rusting, fruit rotting).
Reversible Change — The Way Back
Some changes can be reversed: heating ice gives water — cooling water gives ice again; inflating a balloon — then letting the air out; stretching rubber — then releasing it; shaping clay into a toy — then turning it back into clay. In all of these, the material returns to its original form — that is why they are called reversible changes. Ice and water are both the same substance (water), only the form has changed (physical change).
Irreversible Change — A One-Way Road
Some changes cannot be reversed: paper burns into ash — ash cannot become paper again; milk turns into curd — curd cannot become milk again; dough becomes bread — bread cannot become dough again; fruit rots; food is digested. In all of these, a new substance is formed that cannot be changed back — these are called irreversible changes (also known as chemical changes). These changes happen due to heat, bacteria, or a chemical reaction.
Useful and Harmful Changes
Useful changes: cooking food (raw → cooked), making cloth (cotton → fabric), making curd, generating electricity, constructing buildings. Harmful changes: iron rusting (due to water and air — it weakens), food rotting (due to bacteria), fruit over-ripening, paper burning. Prevention: apply paint or oil to iron (to prevent rusting), store food in a refrigerator (to prevent rotting), eat fruit on time.
Key Concepts
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- 01Change happens in: shape (folding paper), size (stretching rubber), position (a car moving), or form (ice → water).
- 02Reversible change: can be brought back — heating ice gives water, cooling water gives ice again. Inflating and deflating a balloon, stretching rubber.
- 03Irreversible change: cannot be brought back — burning paper gives ash, milk turns into curd, dough becomes bread, fruit rotting.
- 04Some things change easily (ice, rubber, paper), others are harder to change (stone, iron). Heat, cold, water, and air can all bring about changes.
- 05Changes can be both useful and harmful: useful — cooking food, making cloth; harmful — rusting of iron, food rotting.
Questions & Solutions
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What is the difference between reversible and irreversible change? Give two examples of each.
Heating ice to get water and cooling water to get ice again — what kind of change is this?
What kind of change is turning milk into curd, and why?
What kind of change is rusting of iron, and how can it be prevented?
What is the difference between folding paper and burning paper?
What kinds of changes does heat bring about? Give two examples.
Changes are of two types: reversible (can be brought back — ice-water, rubber) and irreversible (cannot be brought back — burning, rotting, curd). Causes of change: heat, cold, water, air. Some changes are useful (cooking), while others are harmful (rusting).
Chapter-end quiz
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Q1.What kind of change is ice turning into water?
Q2.Which change CANNOT be brought back?
Q3.What kind of change is turning dough into bread?
Q4.What causes iron to rust?
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