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The document is an educational activity designed for students to identify and describe the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. It explains the properties of each state, including shape, mass, and volume, and provides examples of each. Additionally, it includes a fill-in-the-blank exercise and a section for students to classify various materials as solid, liquid, or gas.

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ACT 2 SLG

The document is an educational activity designed for students to identify and describe the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. It explains the properties of each state, including shape, mass, and volume, and provides examples of each. Additionally, it includes a fill-in-the-blank exercise and a section for students to classify various materials as solid, liquid, or gas.

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NAME: ______________________________________ SCORE:_____________

GRADE &SECTION: __________ TEACHER: MRS. ANGELENE M. SUMAIT


ACTIVITY 2: Why Does Matter Matter?
OBJECTIVE: Identify and describe the classification of matter based on its physical state. (Solid,
liquid, and gas)
What do trees, air, and water have in common? They all have matter. That means they take up
space. You might be wondering why these things look so different if they all have matter. Everything
found on Earth can be grouped into one of three states of matter: solid, liquid, or gas. To figure out
which state of matter an object fits in, we must examine its properties. The
properties we look at are shape, mass, and volume. Mass is the amount of
matter an object has, and volume is the amount of space the matter takes up.
Solids are easy to recognize. They have definite shape, mass, and
volume. Trees are solids. They are made up of tiny particles called atoms. These
atoms are packed closely together, and they hold the solid in a definite shape
that does not change. If you look around your house, you will see lots of solids.
Televisions, beds, tables, chairs, and even the food you eat. Liquids do not have
definite shape, but they do have definite mass and volume.

Liquids are like solids because their atoms are close together, but what
makes a liquid different is that those atoms can move around. Liquids can change
shape by flowing. If you’ve ever spilled a glass of milk, then you know it spreads
out across the floor. It does this because the milk is taking the shape of the floor.
Since liquids do not have a definite shape of their own, they will take the shape of
their containers. This is why the same amount of milk can look different in a tall
glass, a wide mug, or spread out on your kitchen floor.
Gases do not have definite shape or volume. Like liquids, gases will take the
shape of their containers. If a gas is not in a container, it will spread out
indefinitely. This is because the atoms in a gas are spaced farther apart than in a
solid or a liquid. And being spread out like this allows them to move around freely.
Think about the air you breathe every day. That air is spread across the empty
space around the earth. You’ve probably also noticed that you usually cannot see
the air. This is another property of gases. Even though we cannot see them, you meet them every day.
There’s air in the tires of your family car and your bicycle. There are many different types of gas in the
earth's atmosphere, such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, water vapor, and
helium.
When trying to remember the three states of matter, think about water. If it
freezes into a solid, it becomes ice. Its atoms are packed together keeping its
shape. Of course, we know water can also be a liquid. It flows in rivers, or it can be
poured from a glass. When water evaporates it becomes water vapor, a type of
gas in the air. Try a little experiment of your own by placing an ice cube in a
covered glass or container. You will be able to observe the ice first in its solid form
and then watch as it melts into a liquid to become water. Eventually the water will
turn to water vapor and your glass or container will be filled with this gas. You can
see three different states of matter in this picture. The pot is made of solid matter. The water inside
the pot is liquid. When the liquid is heated it becomes water vapor, which is a gas. Matter is
everywhere! Can you find a solid, a liquid, and a gas around you right now?
DIRECTION: Choose a word from the box to complete each sentence.

-solids -gases -liquids -volume -mass -shape -container -atoms -space -matter -chair
-milk
-ice -oxygen -helium -juice -melting

1. The three basic properties of matter are ______________________________,


______________________________, and _____________________________.
2. All matter is made up of tiny particles called _____________________________.
3. Volume is the amount of _____________________________ that matter takes up.
4. Mass is the amount of _____________________________ an object has.
5. Liquids take the shape of their _____________________________.
6. _____________________________ do not have a definite shape or volume.
7. ___________________________ do not have a definite shape, but they do have a definite volume.
8. _____________________________ have a definite shape and volume.
9. A ___________________________ and ___________________________ are examples of solids.
10. ___________________________ and ___________________________ are examples of liquids.
11. ___________________________ and ___________________________ are examples of gas.
12. Solid ice is ___________________________ when it is changing into a liquid

NAME: ______________________________________ SCORE:_____________


GRADE &SECTION: TEACHER: MRS. ANGELENE M. SUMAIT

Identify whether the following materials are solid, liquid or gas.

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