Burning is a chemical change that can be reversed.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Chemical change:
A change in which one or more new substances are formed is called a chemical change. A chemical change is also called a chemical reaction.
Examples are burning of any substance, and rusting of iron.
Reversible or irreversible changes:-
Reversible changes are changes that can be undone.
When we burn a piece of paper it turns into ash and We cannot get the paper back from the ash.
Hence, it is an irreversible change.
Thus, the given statement is False. I.e., Burning is a chemical change that can be reversed.

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(a) physical change that can be reversed
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(c) chemical and reversible change.
(d) chemical change that cannot be reversed.

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(b)Burning of a candle is both a physical and a chemical change.

(c)Burning of paper is a chemical change.

(d)Cutting of a cloth piece is a physical change, though it cannot be reversed.

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