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Question
A potter working on his wheel shaped a lump of clay into a pot. He then baked the pot in an oven. Do these two acts lead to the same kind of changes or different? Give your opinion and justify your answer.
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Solution
The two acts lead to the different kind of changes. Shaping of pot on a wheel is a physical, reversible change while baking the pot in an oven is an irreversible change.
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