While a match burns what type of change occurs?

Physical change is something that can be reversed.

Chemical change is a change which is irreversible.

When a match burns you can't bring back the burnt wood, thus making it a chemical change.

Physicalchange. Lighting a match and letting is burn is an example of a chemical change. Chemical reactions cause chemicalchanges. In a chemical reactiontwo or more substances, called the reactants, form different substances called products.