Question 16

A potter working on his wheel shaped a lump of clay into a pot. He then baked the pot in an oven. Do these two acts lead to the same kind of changes or different? Give your opinion and justify your answer.

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Solution

These two acts are of different kinds. Making a lump of clay into a pot is a reversible change. This is because the wet clay pot can be converted back into the original clay.

The baking of clay pot in an oven is an irreversible change. This is because the baked clay pot cannot to be changed back into the original clay.

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Question 16 A potter working on his wheel shaped a lump of clay into a pot. He then baked the pot in an oven. Do these two acts lead to the same kind of changes or different? Give your opinion and justify your answer.

Question 16

A potter working on his wheel shaped a lump of clay into a pot. He then baked the pot in an oven. Do these two acts lead to the same kind of changes or different? Give your opinion and justify your answer.