Question

What kind of change tearing of paper is?

Answer 1

Answer:

Tearing paper is a physical change because tearing a paper changes its shape but its molecules remain same i.e its chemical composition remains same.

Answer 2

Answer:

Tearing of a paper is absolutely a physical change.

Explanation:

What is a physical change?

Physical change is a change that only changes the state of a substance rather than creating a whole new substance like chemical changes do. Physical changes can be defined as the change is shape, size, state and energy of a matter.

Examples of physical change are

Melting of ice

Metal casting

Here, in this case, a paper changes its shape if it is torn which is a physical change.