States of Matter

Name: _____________________________________________ Date:__________________

1) Label the state of matter shown by each group of particles.

2)Complete the sentences about the

properties of each state of matter. Use the words from the brackets.
(Solids, compressed, same, volume, close, cutting)
a) The particles in solids are very ______________________ together.
b) The shape of a solid stays the ______________________.

c)You can change the shape of a solid by ______________________it.

d)Solids have a fixed ______________ so they cannot be______________.

3) Complete the following:

a) Matter is anything that takes up

i. time
ii. space
iii.light

b) If an object has its own shape and feels hard it is a ______________

c)Something that takes the shape of its container and can pour, flow, and spill is ______________

d) Something that fills up all of a container and that we can't see is a ______________

e) Draw the molecules for each state of matter:

f) A

bowl of water left in the sun all day may dry up because
i) the sun cools it into ice
ii) cold weather turns it into a solid
iii) the heat evaporates the water into a gas

g) Circle whether the object is heated or cooled to make the 2nd object.

4) Fill in the Blanks (from the word bank)

a) Matter is ______________ you can see and touch.
b) ______________ and ______________ take the shape of a container.
c) ______________ can easily be held.
d) ______________ can be poured.
e) Gasses have ______________ of space between particles.
f) Solids have particles that are ______________ together.
g) Liquids have particles that ______________ past each other.
h) A ______________ is an example of a solid ______________.
i) _____________ is an example of a gas.
j) _____________ is an example of a liquid.

Word Bank

Steam gases solids slide close lots

5)
Liquids brick liquids anything juice

State whether True or False?

Determine if the statements about solids, liquids and gases are true or false:
a) There are 4 states of matter. _____________
b) The two states of matter you can see are liquids and solids. _____________
c) All matter has mass and takes up space. _____________
d) Only non-living things are matter _____________
e) Water can be a solid, a liquid and a gas _____________
f) Solids can change their shape depending on the container that they are in. _____________
g) Liquids can change their shape depending on the container that they are in. _____________
h) You can't see most gases _____________
6) Place objects below in the correct column

Book computer chair table water

ice cream water vapor oil smoke paper

wind soda

7) Come up with an example of each type of matter change that happens in your everyday life.
Draw or describe each below.

8) Look at the diagram below. Write in each box whether the labelled part is a gas, liquid or a
solid