Changes in States of Matter
She needs to put it in the freezer to make it turn from a liquid to a solid.
Describe the properties of matter of a liquid.
It is wet. It takes the shape of a container.
What is matter?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What matter does NOT have its own shape, but DOES have a definite volume?
Liquid
What are the three forms of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas
The ice cube below is melting. It is changing from a solid to a _____.
Liquid
Describe the properties of matter of a solid.
It is hard. It has a fixed shape. It can break.
Are the particles closest together in a solid, liquid, or gas?
Solid
Sample X has it's own shape and can be broken into pieces. It can not be poured and does not change shapes to fit in its container. What is Sample X?
Solid
Kayla boils a pot of water. What will happen when she puts a metal spoon that is a room temperature into the boiling water?
Heat energy from the water will transfer to the spoon, causing the spoon to get hot.
Kathir bought a can of soda at the pool and left the soda in the sun while he swam. When Kathir came back, the soda can was warm. What raised the temperature of his soda?
Heat energy from the sun
Describe the properties of matter of a gas.
I can't see it. Bubbles pop. It fills a balloon.
It was very cold last night at Lana's house. Ice formed on the side of her roof. What happened to the ice as the temperature got warmer?
The ice turned from a solid to a liquid
What is an example to model that air takes up space?
Filling up a balloon
Which states of matter will take the shape of their container?
Harrison drops an ice cube into a cup of warm tea.What will happen next?
The heat from the tea will go to the ice cube will melt.
Give three physical properties of orange juice.
Sweet, orange color, cold
How do the particles of a gas move when compared to the particles in solids?
Particles in gas move faster than the particles in a solid.
What matter does NOT have its own shape, and does NOT have a definite volume?
Gas
Ethan noticed water droplets on the outside of a glass of very cold water. Which of the following is the best explanation for what caused the droplets?
Water vapor in the air cooled and turned to liquid on the outside of the glass.
Yash bought a chocolate bar and carried it home in his hand. Later he opened its wrapper and saw that the chocolate had melted. Why did this happen?
The heat from his hand transferred to the chocolate bar.
Give three properties of matter of a pencil.
Yellow, hard, pink eraser
Does air have mass? Explain why.
Yes. You can't see it. If you put a balloon filled with air on one side of a stick and a balloon with no air on their other side, the filled balloon will drop. This shows the balloon with air in it is heavier and has mass.
Explain how all three states of matter are present in a rootbeer float.
The ice cream is a solid. The soda is a liquid. The bubbles in the soda are a gas.
The solid we call steel is a hard metal often used to construct buildings. What can happen when steel gets very hot?
It can melt and turn into a liquid.