Question

5. lt was Paheli’s birthday, her brother Simba was helping her to decorate the house for the birthday party and their parents were also busy making other arrangements. Following were the activities going on at Paheli’s home:
(iii) Paheli cut colourful strips of paper and put them on the wall with the help of tape.

Identify whether this activity can be reversed not.

Answer 1

• The cutting of papers is an irreversible change.
• A change that cannot be reversed or cannot get back to its original state is called an irreversible change.
• When paper is cut into pieces, these pieces cannot be reversed back to the original paper shape.
• Hence, this activity cannot be reversed.