📚 Part 1: Understanding Matter

1. What are the three states of matter? Circle the correct answer.

Solid, liquid, gas

Hot, cold, warm

Big, medium, small

Hard, soft, rough

2. Which of these are examples of solids? Tick all that apply.

Ice

Water

Rock

Steam

Wood

3. What happens when ice melts? Circle the correct answer.

It becomes a gas

It becomes a liquid

It stays the same

It disappears

4. Fill in the blanks using the words: solid, liquid, gas

Water vapour is a ____________.

Milk is a ____________.

A stone is a ____________.

🌧️ Part 2: Water Cycle and Weather

5. In the water cycle, what state is water when it falls as rain?

6. Match each weather phenomenon to its state of matter. Draw lines to connect them.

Snow

Clouds

Rain

Gas

Solid

Liquid

7. Explain what happens when water evaporates from a puddle on a hot day.

8. Which temperature would make water freeze into ice?

0°C

25°C

50°C

100°C

🔍 Part 3: Observation and Thinking

9. Look around your classroom. List three examples of each state of matter you can see.

Solids: ________________, ________________, ________________

Liquids: ________________, ________________, ________________

Gases: ________________, ________________, ________________

10. Draw and label one example of each state of matter from nature in Aotearoa New Zealand.

11. Why is understanding states of matter important for understanding weather and the environment?

States of Matter

States of Matter

📚 Part 1: Understanding Matter

🌧️ Part 2: Water Cycle and Weather

🔍 Part 3: Observation and Thinking

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