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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.
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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