Matter

What are the 3 states of matter?

• liquid, hard, soft

• solid, liquid, gas

• pencil, water, balloon

How can a mixture of lemonade and water be separated?

• by heating the mixture until the liquid is gone and only the powder is left

• by freezing the mixture

What are the characteristics of a solid?

• take the shape of the container, molecules are kind of loose, has a definite volume

• has a definite shape and volume, molecules are tightly packed together, hard (rigid)

• does not have a definite shape or volume, the molecules are very loose and can move around easily.

Melting ice is an example of a _______ changing to a ______

• a solid to a liquid

• a liquid to a solid

• a liquid to a gas

Which of the following will not change from a solid to a liquid when it is heated?

• butter

• ice

• paper

Which of the following properties of matter changes the most when an ice cube melts?

• volume

• mass

• color

• shape

How can you separate a mixture of lettuce and tomatoes?

• by putting the lettuce into a pile and the tomatoes into a separate pile

• by mixing them all together

• by adding water to the mixture

What are the characteristics of a gas?

• take the shape of the container, molecules are kind of loose, has a definite volume

• has a definite shape and volume, molecules are tightly packed together, hard (rigid)

• does not have a definite shape or volume, the molecules are very loose and can move around easily.

Water that is frozen changes from a ______ to a ______.

• liquid to a gas

• gas to a liquid

• solid to a liquid

• solid to a gas

_______ is an example of a solution.

• lemonade

• water

• solid

• liquid