UNIT 5 – PART 1

VOCABULARY
Mysteries of Matter
 ALTER (VERB)

When you alter something, you change it.

She alters the dress to make it fit.
 OCCUR (VERB)

When something occurs, it

happens. A sunrise occurs every
morning.
 STATE (NOUN)

The state of a person or thing is the

way it is at a certain time. He is in a
happy state.
 SUBSTANCE (NOUN)

Substance is the material that

something is made of. Snow is a cold
substance.
 TRAP (VERB)

To trap something means to catch it and

not let it go. Spiders trap insects with
webs.
 FORM (NOUN)

A form is a certain state of matter.

Steam is one form of water.
 FREEZE (VERB)

To freeze is to become solid or icy

at a very low temperature. We
freeze water to make ice cubes.
THERMOMETER (NOUN)

A thermometer is used to measure

temperature. The doctor uses a
thermometer to check for a fever.
 TEMPERATURE (NOUN)

The temperature of something is how

hot or cold it is.
Do you think this dog is hot or cold?
Why?
LIQUID (ADJECTIVE)
Something that is liquid
can be poured. Orange
juice is a liquid
substance.
SOLID (ADJECTIVE)
Something that is
solid is firm. The
chair is solid so the
cat can sit on it.
MELT (VERB)
To change from a solid
to a liquid.
The sun always melts
my ice cream.
PICK THE WORD
▪Read these meanings and pick the word it defines.
THE MATERIAL THAT
SOMETHING IS MADE OF

temperature substance
TO CHANGE SOMETHING
alter trap
THE WAY IT IS AT A
CERTAIN TIME

occur state
CATCH IT AND NOT LET
IT GO

Trap solid
USED TO MEASURE
TEMPERATURE

Freeze thermometer
IT CAN BE POURED
Solid liquid
IT IS FIRM
Solid form