Baking a cake is an example of:
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A physical change
Partly right. Some of the changes involved in baking a cake are physical changes. -
A chemical change
Partly right. Some of the changes involved in baking a cake are chemical changes. -
Both
Yes! The process of baking a cake involves many changes. Some, such as water evaporating and sugar melting are physical changes. Others, such as baking powder reacting cause a change in the chemical formulas, indicating a chemical change. For more on this, read Changing How We Look at Changing -
Neither
No. There are many changes involved in baking a cake.
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Florida
SC.5.P.9.1 Investigate and describe that many physical and chemical changes are affected by temperature.
| The Chemistry of Milk | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| Why Wet Things Don't Burn | video, checked |
| Igneous Sugar | video, checked |
| Changing How We Look at Changing | text page, free |
| Growing Crystals from Solution | text page, checked |
| Review Matter-4 | practice |
SC.8.P.9.2 Differentiate between physical changes and chemical changes.
| Silver Pictures | video, checked |
| Chemical and Physical Changes | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| Changing Colors, part 1 | video |
| Changing Colors, part 2 | video |
| Making Butter | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
| Polymers and Slime | video, free, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| Changing How We Look at Changing | text page, free |
| Review Matter-4 | practice |
Utah
UT.5.I.3.d Compare a physical change to a chemical change.
| Chemical and Physical Changes | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| Paper Petals | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Changing Colors, part 1 | video |
| Changing Colors, part 2 | video |
| The Chemistry of Milk | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| Making Butter | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
| Changing How We Look at Changing | text page, free |
| Review Matter-4 | practice |
UT.8.I.1.a Differentiate between chemical and physical properties.
| Testing for Tannic Acid | video |
| Chemical and Physical Changes | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| Paper Petals | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Cabbage Indicator | video, checked |
| Making Butter | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
| Making Turmeric Paper | video, checked |
| Review Matter-4 | practice |
NGSS
2-PS1-4 Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
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| Ice Cream Science | video, checked |
| The Chemistry of Milk | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| A Watched Pot | video |
| Why We Sweat | video, checked |
| A Hot Change | text page |
| Review Matter-4 | practice |
MS-PS1-2 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
| Candles in a Jar, part 1 | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| Cabbage Indicator | video, checked |
| Polymers and Slime | video, free, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| Silver Pictures | video, checked |
| Science and the Haunted Pumpkin | video, free, checked |
| Making Turmeric Paper | video, checked |
| Testing for Tannic Acid | video |
| Relighting Candles | video, checked |
| Catalysts | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| Changing Colors, part 1 | video |
| Chemical and Physical Changes | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| Changing Colors, part 2 | video |
| The Chemistry of Milk | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| How They Get the Sparks in a Sparkler | video |
| Orange Flash | video |
| Candles in a Jar, part 2 | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
| A Hot Change | text page |
| Changing How We Look at Changing | text page, free |
| Review Matter-4 | practice |