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Physical and Chemical Changes

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Arvind tried a mischief and placed a hot bottle in cold water. The bottle cracked immediately. Is there any change? If so, is it chemical?

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Physical change

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Chemical change

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Both physical and chemical change occured

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Cannot be ascertained

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Solution

The correct option is A
Physical change

When Arvind placed the hot bottle in cold water, it underwent sudden shrinkage of the outer layer and that resulted in cracks appearing in the bottle.

This is a physical change as no new substance was created.

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