Changes Around Us

Changes Around Us
Objectives
 To make the students aware about the
various changes around us.
 To make the students understand the

reasons behind the changes.
 To motivate students to minimize changes

which adversely affect us or our
environment.
Contents
 What is change?
 Types of changes.
 Slow and fast changes
 Desirable and undesirable changes
 Reversible and irreversible changes
 Periodic and non periodic changes
 Physical and chemical changes
 Conclusion
What is change?
Every day we observe
changes around us. For
example the change of
day and night, flowering
of plants, ripening of
fruits, rainfall etc.
Change is the transition of any substance

from one form to another.
Types of changes
 Slow and fast changes

 Desirable and undesirable changes
 Reversible and irreversible changes
 Periodic and non periodic changes
 Physical and chemical changes
Slow Changes
Slow changes are those which take a long time
to occur. For example the germination of seed
to form plant, growth of child into an adult and
further into an old man, rusting of iron etc.
Fast Changes
 Fast changes take
less time to occur or
Occur
instantaneously.
For example burning
of paper, bursting of
balloon, burning of
matchstick.
Desirable Changes
 There are some changes which occur as
we wish. We like such changes that is why
these are called desirable changes. For
example formation of curd from milk,
formation of manure from cow dung and
dead plants.
Undesirable changes
 There are some changes
which do not occur as per
our wishes. Such changes
are called undesirable
changes. For example
earthquakes, excessive
heat in due to rise in
temperature in summers
and breaking of glass.
Sometimes undesirable
changes accompany
desirable changes
 The running of car on
road is desirable but
it also produces
smoke, carbon
dioxide and other
harmful gases which
pollute the
environment. Hence
it becomes the
undesirable change.
Some changes may be
desirable for one person but
undesirable for others.
 For example the cutting of
tree may be may be
desirable for one who
needs wood but
undesirable for others
because it disturbs the
balance in nature as trees
produce oxygen which is
necessary for all human
beings on earth.
Periodic Changes
 Changes which occur again
and again after fixed
intervals of time are known
as periodic changes. For
example change of day
and night, occurrence of
full moon, heart beat and
oscillation of pendulum of
clock.
Non-Periodic changes
There are some changes
which do not repeat
themselves at regular
intervals. You can not
predict when they will
reoccur.
For example occurrence of
earthquake, train
accidents, sneezing,
rusting of iron etc.
Reversible Changes
 If a change can be reversed then it is called
reversible change. For example on cooling
water to the freezing point it changes into ice
and ice changes back into water on heating.
Irreversible Changes
 There are some changes which can not be reversed
such changes are called irreversible. For example
growth of child into an adult and then from an adult
to an old man.
Physical Changes
 Changes in which Water
size or shape of the vapours
object may change
but the substance of
which they are made
of remain the same.
For example
formation of water
vapours on heating
water.
Chemical Changes
 The changes in which new substances are
formed are called chemical changes. For
example rusting of iron lead to formation of
iron oxide.
2Fe + O2 --------->2FeO
Iron Oxygen Rust
We can not get back iron or oxygen from

iron
oxide. So it is a chemical change.
Conclusion
 We should try to minimize changes
which adversely affect the human
beings or their environment.
 For example: Cutting of trees,
Pollution etc.
Exercise
Tell which type of change is this:
 Growing of a plant from a seed.
 Evaporation of water.
 Occurring of tides in the sea.
 Revolving of earth around the sun.

References
 Text book of class 6th.
 Dinesh Simplified Science and
Technology (Chemistry)
 Google search.
 Yahoo search.

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Changes Around Us

 To make the students understand the

 To motivate students to minimize changes

Change is the transition of any substance

 Slow and fast changes

We can not get back iron or oxygen from

 Occurring of tides in the sea.

 Revolving of earth around the sun.

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