Solids and Liquids

What is matter?

• The way something moves.

• Matter is everything around you. Atoms and compounds are all made of very small parts of matter. Those atoms go on to build the things you see and touch every day. Matter is defined as anything that has mass and takes up space (it has volume). ...

• How high something can jump.

• How you feel about germs.

What is a liquid?

• clouds

• a hot balloon

• The direction something travels.

• A substance that flows freely.

What is a solid?

• Rain is a solid.

• Running very quickly.

• Firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.

• A swim in the lake.

What is an example of a solid?

• cup of water

• a rock

• a stream

• boiling water

What is an example of a liquid?

• a table

• cup of coffee

• a telephone

• a pencil

How can I change a cup of water to a solid?

• Boil the water.

• Get another cup of water?

• Put it in the freezer.

• Catch a cup of rain water outside.

How can I make ice cubes turn into a liquid?

• Freeze the ice cubes.

• Bake the ice cubes.

• Put the ice cubes in the sun.

• Spray them with spray paint.