What is matter lab

What is matter lab

Matter is all around us- we will make observations about three types of matter - solids, liquids, and gases

state of matter- Solids:

A solid is characterized by structural rigidity and resistance to a force applied to the surface. Unlike a liquid, a solid object does not flow to take on the shape of its container, nor does it expand to fill the entire available volume like a gas.

Pick a something that is solid in the room that you are

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Check all that apply about your solid object

• Can a solid object pass through it easily?

• Does it take up space?

• Does it feel wet?

• Can you pour it?

• Does it flow?

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Check all that apply for your solid

• Could it sit by itself?

• Does it have a shape of its own?

• Can you see it?

• Could you feel it?

• Does it have mass?

State of matter: liquid

Liquids have definite volume, but indefinite shape. They are free to form droplets and puddles when they are not inside a container. When a liquid is inside a container, it will take its shape. Unlike gases, a liquid will not change its volume to spread out and completely fill a container.

Pick something that is liquid the room that you are in

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Think of something that is LIQUID-

• Could it sit by itself?

• Does it have a shape of its own?

• Can you see it?

• Could you feel it?

• Does it have mass?

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Check all that apply for your liquid object:

• Can you pour it?

• Does it feel wet?

• Does it take up space?

• Can a solid object pass through it easily?

• Does it flow?

State of matter: gas

• they expand to fill their containers, and they occupy far more space than the liquids or solids from which they form.

  
  

Pick something that is a gas in the room that you are in

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Think of a gas (the inside of a soccer ball is filled with a mixture of gases)

• Does it have a shape of its own?

• Can you see it?

• Could you feel it?

• Does it have mass?

• Could it sit by itself?

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check all that apply for your gas

• Can you pour it?

• Does it feel wet?

• Does it take up space?

• Can a solid object pass through it easily?

• Does it flow?

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What TWO questions from all three tables have “yes” for solids, liquids, and gases?

• Does it take up space

• can you feel it?

• Does it have mass

• does it pour?

• can you see it?

Open Ended

Based on our observations we can now conclude that...

All forms/states of matter have __________ and _______________