🔬 Part 1: Understanding Matter

1. What is matter?

2. Circle the THREE main states of matter:

Solid

Liquid

Hot

Gas

Cold

3. Which state of matter has a FIXED shape and volume?

Solid

Liquid

Gas

4. Which state of matter takes the shape of its container but has a fixed volume?

Solid

Liquid

Gas

📋 Part 2: Sorting Materials

5. Sort these materials into the correct state of matter. Write each example under the correct heading:

Materials to sort: water, rock, oxygen, milk, ice cube, steam, wooden table, helium balloon, orange juice, air

SOLIDS:

LIQUIDS:

GASES:

6. Fill in the blanks using the words: shape, volume, container

Liquids have a fixed __________ but take the __________ of their __________.

💭 Part 3: Thinking Like a Scientist

7. Explain why you can pour water from one glass to another, but you cannot pour a rock.

8. Give TWO examples of matter in each state that you might find in your kitchen:

Kitchen Solids: _________________ and _________________

Kitchen Liquids: _________________ and _________________

Kitchen Gases: _________________ and _________________

9. Challenge Question: Water can exist as ice (solid), water (liquid), and steam (gas). What do you think causes water to change from one state to another?

Matter's States Worksheet

Matter's States Worksheet

🔬 Part 1: Understanding Matter

📋 Part 2: Sorting Materials

💭 Part 3: Thinking Like a Scientist

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