Question

Select all the correct answers.

Properties of substances can be classified as physical or chemical properties. Which statements describe chemical properties?
A magnet is attracted to a piece of metal.
A wire sags when weight is attached to it. Silver tarnishes and becomes black when exposed to oxygen.
Water heated over a flame begins to bubble and evaporate.
Diesel fuel burns when it is heated.

Answer 1

Silver tarnishes and becomes black when exposed to oxygen:

Diesel fuel burns when it is heated:

Answer 2

Silver tarnishes and becomes black when exposed to oxygen:

Diesel fuel burns when it is heated:

Step-by-step explanation:

Chemical Changes are those changes in which the chemistry at molecular level is changed as the starting material is converted in to a new and different final material. This change takes place with the breaking of old bonds and forming of new bonds respectively.

Silver tarnishes and becomes black when exposed to oxygen:

This is a chemical change as Silver a white and lustrous starting material is being converted into a tarnish black final material. However, Silver doesn't readily react with oxygen at normal conditions. It readily react with Sulfur containing compounds in air and produces black compound as Ag₂S.

Diesel fuel burns when it is heated:

Diesel is a mixture of hydrocarbons ranging approximately from C₁₀H₂₀ to C₁₅H₂₈. When these hydrocarbons are burnt they produces a new materials i.e. CO₂ and H₂O.

C₁₀H₂₀ + 15 O₂ → 10 CO₂ + 10 H₂O

Hence, it is also a chemical reaction.