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Solids and Liquids Basics

Matter is anything that takes up space. Explore how solids and liquids behave, then use the clues to solve the questions.

A picnic packing puzzle

Kai is packing a picnic. Solids usually keep their own shape. Liquids flow and take the shape of their container. Some solids, such as grains of rice, can be poured, but each grain keeps its own shape.

1.Which group contains only solids that Kai could pack?
  • Apple, wooden spoon and ice cube
  • Water, milk and apple
  • Milk, ice cube and water
2.Kai pours water from a narrow bottle into a wide bowl. What happens to the water?
  • It keeps the bottle's shape
  • It flows and takes the shape of the bowl
  • It becomes a solid
3.True or false: A wooden spoon keeps its own shape when moved from the picnic basket to the table.
TrueFalse
4.Kai tips a little rice from a bag into a cup. The rice pours. Is rice a liquid? Explain using the clue in the picnic note.

Sort and explain

Think about each item's shape and how it behaves, not whether it is wet or dry.

5.Match each picnic item to its state of matter.
  • Apple
  • Water
  • Ice cube
  • Milk
  • Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Solid
  • Solid
6.Choose the best description of milk in a cup.
  • It keeps a fixed shape like a block
  • It flows and takes the shape of the cup
  • It is a solid because it is white
7.Name one solid and one liquid you might find at an Australian picnic. Explain how you can tell which is which.
8.Kai leaves an ice cube in a warm spot. What change might happen, and what liquid will form?
9.A puddle of water spreads out across a flat tray. What does this show about liquids?

3 printable pages

  • Solids and Liquids Basics, page 1 of 3: A picnic packing puzzle

    Page 1

  • Solids and Liquids Basics, page 2 of 3: Sort and explain

    Page 2

  • Solids and Liquids Basics, page 3 of 3: 8. Kai leaves an ice cube in a warm spot. What change might happen, and what

    Page 3

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