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Matter Hunt Worksheet
Matter is all around Aotearoa New Zealand. Help prepare a pop-up science display by sorting materials and explaining how they behave. Matter has mass and takes up space. A solid keeps its own shape, a liquid flows and takes the shape of its container, and a gas spreads out to fill the space available. Read each clue carefully; some materials can change state when heated or cooled.
Sort the matter
Use the properties of each state to solve the display team's sorting clues.
1.Maia finds a smooth pebble on a beach. It keeps its shape when she picks it up. Which state of matter is the pebble?
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
2.A bottle of mānuka honey is tipped and the honey slowly flows to fit the bottom of the bottle. Which state of matter is the honey? Explain what clue helped you decide.
3.On a chilly morning, you can feel wind on your face but cannot usually see the air. What state of matter is the air? Give one reason.
4.Match each example to its state of matter: a wooden spoon; milk in a glass; air inside an inflated balloon.
- Wooden spoon
- Milk in a glass
- Air inside a balloon
- Gas
- Solid
- Liquid
Investigate a change
The display team wants to show how heating and cooling can change a material's state.
5.An ice cube is left in a warm room. It becomes a puddle. What change of state has happened?
- Liquid to solid
- Solid to liquid
- Gas to liquid
6.Water in a pot is heated until some of it becomes water vapour and spreads into the air. What state change is happening?
7.Choose the best explanation: Why does liquid water take the shape of a glass?
- Its particles can move past one another, so it flows.
- It keeps a fixed shape like a solid.
- It spreads out to fill every space like a gas.
8.True or false: A gas has no mass because we cannot usually see it. Explain your answer.
9.Imagine the display has a sealed, empty-looking plastic bottle. Is it really empty? Explain what may be inside it.
10.Plan a mini matter hunt somewhere safe at home or school. Write one solid, one liquid and one gas you could observe, then explain one clue that helps identify each.
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