📚 Part 1: States of Matter Knowledge

1. What is matter?

Only things we can see

Anything that takes up space and has mass

Only living things

Only liquids and gases

2. In which state of matter are particles packed tightly together?

Liquid

Gas

Solid

Plasma

3. Which properties describe liquids? (Choose all that apply)

Have a definite shape

Have a definite volume

Take the shape of their container

Particles can move past each other

4. Complete this sentence: Gases have _________ definite shape and _________ definite volume.

Gases have _____________ definite shape and _____________ definite volume.

🔍 Part 2: Classification Challenge

5. Classify each material by writing S (solid), L (liquid), or G (gas) in the box:

Ice cube: ______ Cooking oil: ______ Steam: ______

Rock: ______ Orange juice: ______ Air in balloon: ______

Honey: ______ Wooden pencil: ______ Helium: ______

6. Choose one material from question 5 and explain why you classified it as you did:

Material chosen: _________________

7. What would happen to water at 0°C? Circle your answer and explain:

It would freeze (become solid)

It would boil (become gas)

It would stay liquid

Explanation: ________________________________________________

🏠 Part 3: Real-World Application

8. Look around your home tonight. Find and list two examples of each state of matter:

Solids: 1. _________________ 2. _________________

Liquids: 1. _________________ 2. _________________

Gases: 1. _________________ 2. _________________

9. Extension Challenge: Describe what happens to the particles when ice melts to become water:

States of Matter Classification

States of Matter Classification

📚 Part 1: States of Matter Knowledge

🔍 Part 2: Classification Challenge

🏠 Part 3: Real-World Application

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