File:No file chosen Whenever electrons of an atom unite with electrons of another atom, a chemical change occurs.

What is the cause?
What kind of change occurs?
Water expands when it freezes. Expanded ice floats on lakes and ponds.

What causes the water to expand?
What is the effect on the expanded ice?
Some metals will expand when heated. Expanded metals may bend.

What causes the metal to expand?
What are the effects of the expanded metal?
Gases expand when heated. An expanded gas occupies more space.

What causes the gas to expand?
What are the effects of the expanded gases?
Answer the above questions and give an example of a cause and effect relationship. See if you can think up a cause and effect relationship using acids, bases, and neutralization.