3 States of Matter
Name the three states of matter.
Solid, Liquid, Gas
What state of matter is grape juice?
liquid
What type of transformation: You leave an ice cube on the counter, and it turns into liquid water.
Melting
What state of matter has molecules that move all over in every direction and move super fast?
Gas
In which state of matter does the matter have its own shape? It does NOT take the shape of the container.
Solid
What state of matter is honey?
Liquid
What type of transformation: A tray of water is placed outside on a really cold night. By morning, the water is solid.
Freezing
What is a molecule?
A molecule is a tiny group of atoms stuck together. Molecules are the building blocks of matter. Molecules are super tiny. Anything that is matter is made up of atoms.
In which states of matter does the matter take the shape of its container?
Liquid and Gas
What state of matter is paper?
Solid
Name the term and give an example of a solid turning into a liquid.
Melting
Examples: You put a popsicle in your mouth, and it turns into liquid, A snowman sits outside on a warm spring day and gets smaller and smaller, etc.
Ice melts into liquid water. What happens to the movement of its molecules?
They spread out a little and move a little more freely.
Which state of mater does NOT have a fixed volume?
Gas
What state of matter is inside a bubble?
Gas
What is it called when a liquid turns into a gas?
Evaporation
Put these in order from molecules with the least freedom of movement to the most freedom: gas, liquid, solid.
Solid → Liquid → Gas
Name an object that is made of more than one state of matter.
Human, dog, pitcher of lemonade, soap bubbles, etc.
What state of matter is gasoline?
Liquid
Sublimation is when a _____ turns into a ______.
solid ---> gas
In how many states of matter are the molecules completely still?
0