When a hot concentrated sugar syrup is kept in freeze, on cooling crystals of sugar get separated this indicates that :

physical change is reversible

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the chemical change is reversible

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physical change is irreversible

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the chemical change is irreversible

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Solution

The correct option is A physical change is reversible
When sugar is dissolved in water to form saturated sugar solution it is a physical change in which solubility of sugar increases with increasing temperature. Hence, more sugar is dissolved in hot solution which is separated out in crystals form on cooling.

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Rohan: Both physical and chemical changes are reversible.

Sam: Both physical and chemical changes are irreversible.

Tom: Physical changes are irreversible and chemical changes are reversible.

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1. Melting of ice-cream is an example of a/an .................... (reversible/irreversible) change.
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