Materials around us

What do these particles represent? (Spelling is important)

The image can represent any of the following things:

• ice cube

• cold drink

• lollipop

• tooth

• water

Metal is an example of a

• solid

• liquid

• gas

What do we call the tiny building blocks that make up matter? (Choose two options)

• particles

• things

• bricks

• molecules

Particles are always...

• still (stationary)

• moving

We can see molecules with a microscope.

• True

• False

The molecules in a __ are so loose that they can

move around freely.

• gas

• liquid

• solid

Another word for characteristic is

• phase

• matter

• property

When something is compressed, it

• spreads out very easily

• melts easily

• is squeezed tightly together

Select all the properties of a gas

• The molecules can be compressed

• It takes the shape of its container

• The molecules disperse easily

• The particles particles are packed in neat rows and columns