Is burning paper physics chemistry or biology

2 answers:

6 0

The tearing of paper is physical as it's still paper even when you tear it. A chemical reaction is when the substance is chemically change. ... When paper is burn, the cellulose in the air reacts with the oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water.

Therefore it's chemistry.

MAVERICK [17]4 years ago

6 0

It would be physics, if a physical change was occuring to the paper while burning it. It would be biology if it was related to life. But, the main changes are chemical:

While burning paper you change it's composition by creating an interaction between the components of paper and the heat released by the fire. In this reaction we'll see how CO2 affects the composition of paper.

Hope it helped,

BioTeacher101

You might be interested in

What is acceleration, and what units do we use to measure it? *

Scrat [10]

Answer:

Acceleration (a) is the change in velocity (Δv) over the change in time (Δt), represented by the equation a = Δv/Δt. This allows you to measure how fast velocity changes in meters per second squared (m/s^2).

Explanation:

7 0

3 years ago

About what fraction of earth's freshwater is in the form of ice

Bingel [31]

68% So 68/100 of freshwater is found in ice

3 0

3 years ago

Find the de Broglie wavelength of an electron whose speed is 1.0 x 10^7 m/s.

balu736 [363]

Answer:

7*10^(-11) m.