Question

Combustion is-

• A. physical change
• B. chemical change
• C. physical and chemical change
• D. not a change

Answer 1

The correct option is B

chemical change

Combustion is burning of substance in the presence of oxygen to produce heat and light. For example, when carbon compounds are burnt in presence of oxygen it gets converted into carbon dioxide and water, so the process of combustion is a chemical process where the chemical composition of the initial reactant changes and there is formation of new chemical compound.