Question

A pencil was sharpened-
Classify the following as a
1)a physical property
2)chemical property
3)physical change
4)chemical and explain your classification

Answer 1

Answer: 3 physical change

Explanation: physical change; a change you can easily see. When you sharpen your pencil, you have only caused a physical change.

Answer 2

Answer:

2) Chemical property: The capability of a substance to go through a specific chemical change.

Chemical change: A change that yields matter with a unrelated composition than the initial matter.