Question

Ripening of fruits and growing of plants into a tree is an example of:

Answer 1

• A chemical change is a permanent change in which new substances are formed and the chemical composition of the substance changes
• The chemical change is permanent and cannot be reversed by a simple physical method.
• During the ripening of fruits or the growing of a plant to a tree, a chemical change occurs and it cannot be reversed.
• During the ripening of fruits, the chemical composition of fruits i.e. color and taste of the fruit changes and it is an irreversible change.
• Growing a tree from a plant is also an irreversible change.

Hence, the ripening of fruits and the growing of plants into a tree is an example of chemical change.