3.

3 HOW DO SOLIDS,
LIQUIDS AND GASES
BEHAVE?
DAY 2
OBJECTIVE
S:
• KNOW THAT MATTER CAN BE SOLID, LIQUID OR GAS
• MAKE RELEVANT OBSERVATIONS AND COMPARISONS IN A
VARIETY OF CONTEXT
• CHOOSE APPARATUS AND DECIDE WHAT TO DO
• IDENTIFY SIMPLE TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN RESULTS AND
SUGGEST EXPLANATIONS FOR SOME OF THESE
• LINK EVIDENCE TO SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING
Let’s review
SOLIDS
CAN WE MAKE SOLIDS INTO A
DIFFERENT SHAPE?
ANSWERS:
•MOST SOLIDS CANNOT BE
SQUASHED INTO A DIFFERENT
SHAPE.
•REMEMBER THE PARTICLE
MODEL.
•PARTICLES WITHIN A SOLID ARE
PACKED CLOSELY TOGETHER.
•THERE IS NO SPACE FOR
PARTICLES TO TAKE ON A
DIFFERENT SHAPE.
LIQUIDS
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU POUR SOME WATER
ONTO A FLAT SURFACE?
 ANSWERS:
•IF WE POUR SOME
WATER ONTO A FLAT
SURFACE, IT WILL
FLOW OVER IN ALL
DIRECTION.
GASES
•IF GASES ARE CONTAINED
INTO SOMETHING, WILL THEY
TAKE ON THE SHAPE OF THE
CONTAINER?
ANSWERS:
•YES, GASES TAKE
THE SHAPE OF THE
CONTAINER.
squashing gases, liquids
and solid
 WORKSHEET 3.3A
(ANSWERS)
1. A GAS.
2. THE PARTICLES IN A GAS ARE FAR APART WITH
LOTS OF EMPTY SPACE BETWEEN THE
PARTICLES WHEN YOU SQUASH A GAS THE
PARTICLES CAN EASILY MOVE CLOSER
TOGETHER INTO THESE EMPTY SPACES.
WORKSHEET 3.3B
THE CRYSTAL SHOULD
HAVE A REGULAR SHAPE.
SALT CRYSTALS ARE CUBIC
IN SHAPE. IF WE COULD
THEN GROW THE CRYSTAL,
WE WOULD FIND THAT THE
CRYSTAL WILL STILL BE IN
THE SAME SHAPE, JUST
LARGER.
 EXERCISE 3.3
1.A. SYRINGE A CONTAINS WATER AND SYRINGE B
CONTAINS AIR.
B. IN SYRINGE A, THERE ARE MANY PARTICLES THAT ARE
QUITE APART AND NOT TOUCHING EACH OTHER WHILE IN
SYRINGE B, THERE ARE FEWER PARTICLES THAT ARE FAR
APART.
2.
STATE OF MATTER : VIDEO
WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT:
•MOST SOLIDS DO NOT CHANGE SHAPE.
•LIQUIDS TAKE THE SHAPE OF THE
CONTAINER THEY ARE IN OR SPREAD
OUT OVER A SURFACE.
•GASES ONLY HAVE A SHAPE WHEN
THEY ARE CONTAINED WITHIN
SOMETHING.