Physical Changes In Matter worksheet - Free Printable

Let's solve this step-by-step.

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Part 1: Match the words to the correct pictures

We are given four physical changes:
- freezing
- evaporation
- condensation
- melting

And four images with descriptions:

#### 1. Steam from a teapot
- Steam is water vapor rising from boiling water.
- This is liquid water turning into gas → evaporation
✔ Answer: evaporation

#### 2. Fogged window
- A fogged window has tiny water droplets on it, formed when warm, moist air hits a cold surface.
- This is water vapor turning into liquid → condensation
✔ Answer: condensation

#### 3. Falling water turned ice
- Water (liquid) has frozen into ice (solid).
- This is liquid turning into solid → freezing
✔ Answer: freezing

#### 4. Butter heated in a pan
- Butter (solid) becomes liquid when heated.
- This is solid turning into liquid → melting
✔ Answer: melting

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Part 2: Draw an arrow to match the best way to physically change each matter

We need to match each item on the left with the most appropriate physical change method on the right.

| Matter | Best Physical Change |
|-------|------------------------|
| 5. bread | slice (you can cut bread into slices) |
| 6. banana | peel (you peel a banana before eating) |
| 7. ice | melt (ice turns to water when warmed) |
| 8. clay | mold (clay can be shaped or molded) |
| 9. wax | melt (wax melts when heated, like in candles) |
| 10. elastic | stretch (elastic can be stretched) |

Now let’s draw the matching arrows:

- 5. bread → slice
- 6. banana → peel
- 7. ice → melt
- 8. clay → mold
- 9. wax → melt
- 10. elastic → stretch

> Note: "crush" could apply to some (like bread or banana), but "slice" and "peel" are more specific and appropriate for those items.

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✔ Final Answers:

#### Part 1:
1. evaporation
2. condensation
3. freezing
4. melting

#### Part 2: Matching
5. bread → slice
6. banana → peel
7. ice → melt
8. clay → mold
9. wax → melt
10. elastic → stretch

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