Assessment on Solids, Liquids, and Gases

What is different about a liquid and a solid?

• A liquid keeps its shape while a solid takes the shape of its container.

• A solid keeps its shape while a liquid takes the shape of its container.

Why is a carrot considered to be a solid?

• It fills its container.

• It keeps its shape.

What is a gas?

• A type of matter that takes the shape of its container.

• A type of matter that fills its container.

What is a liquid?

• A type of matter that fills its container.

• A type of matter that takes the shape of its container.

What is special about Oobleck?

• It becomes gas when heated.

• It sometimes acts like a solid, and sometimes acts like a liquid.

Why isn't a dream made of matter?

• It doesn't take up space or have weight.

• It takes the shape of its container.

What state of matter is slime? How do you know?

• Liquid, because it takes the shape of its container.

• Gas, because it fills its container.

What is not an example of matter?

• Songs

• Trees

What is a solid?

• A type of matter that takes the shape of its container.

• A type of matter that keeps its shape.

How do you know that a bowling ball is a solid?

• It keeps its shape.

• It fills its container.