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Your mom forgot that iron skillets shouldn’t be soaked in water and you left it in cold water in the sink overnight. Unfortunately, you find in the morning that the skillet has rusted. What type of change has occurred to the skillet?

-Impossible to determine
-Physical & then chemical
-Physical
-Chemical

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Answer: Physical and then chemical

Explanation: Cast iron is porous, meaning that long exposure to water can cause it to soak up the moisture and eventually rust.

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