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Sorting States of Matter
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Sorting States of Matter
Sort familiar materials as solids, liquids or gases, and describe how each state behaves.
Sort each material
Choose the state that best describes each material in the situation given.
1.Which state of matter is water sitting in a cup?
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
2.A brick keeps its own shape on the ground. Which state of matter is it?
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
3.The air trapped inside a football is which state of matter?
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
4.Which state describes cooking oil poured into a pan?
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
5.A glass marble does not flow and keeps its shape. Which state is it?
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
6.Water vapour mixed into the air is which state of matter?
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
Describe and connect
Use what you know about how materials behave.
7.Choose one solid: a brick, a marble or a metal fork. Explain how you know it is a solid.
8.Complete the sentence using each word once: container, flow, shape. A liquid can and takes the of its .
9.Match each description to the correct state of matter: keeps its own shape; flows and takes the shape of its container; spreads out to fill the space available.
- Keeps its own shape
- Flows and takes the shape of its container
- Spreads out to fill the space available
- Liquid
- Gas
- Solid
10.Give one example of a solid, one liquid and one gas that could be found at home. Do not use brick, marble, fork, water, oil or air.
11.Name a solid, a liquid and a gas you might find in a kitchen, then draw each one in the space below.
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