Understanding Matter: Flashcard for 3rd Grade

Front

What are the three states of matter? Options: Solid, Liquid, Gas, Solid, Water, Air, Liquid, Gas, Peanut Butter, Solid, Liquid, Ice

Back

Solid, Liquid, Gas

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Why do liquids take the shape of their container?

Back

Because their particles can move around.

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What happens to water when it evaporates?

Back

It becomes a gas.

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Why can gases spread out forever?

Back

Because their particles are spaced farther apart.

Front

Which of the following is an example of a solid? Juice, Oxygen, Chair, Helium

Back

Chair

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What is mass?

Back

The amount of matter an object has

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Which state of matter has a definite shape?

Back

Solid

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What is the main difference between solids and liquids?

Back

Solids have a definite shape, liquids do not.

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What are molecules?

Back

Tiny particles that make up matter.

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If a liquid is poured from a tall glass into a wide bowl, what property of the liquid changes?

Back

Its shape