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Question
When a candle is lit the following changes are observed.
- Wax melts.
- Candle keeps burning.
- The size of the candle decreases.
- The molten wax solidifies
- Which of the changes can be reversed? Justify your answer
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Solution
- Wax melting is a reversible change.
- “The molten wax solidifies” is a reversible change.
These two changes can be reversible to get back to the original state. So the above two changes are reversible changes.
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