MATTER

BY: EVAN OKOLOVITCH

SOLID A solid’s particles: are tightly packed in one area Here are some facts about solids: 1. A solid’s particles (atoms) move as slow as slow motion. 2. A solid has a definite volume and shape. 3. All solids have thermal energy that causes their atoms to vibrate. 4. A solid shape does not change. 5. A solid will not take the shape of another container.

EXAMPLES: Branch Ice Desk Rock Pencil Marble

LIQUID A liquid’s particles: are flowing and easy to pass Here are some facts about liquids: 1. A liquid will fill up the shape of a container. 2. A liquid does not have a definite volume and shape. 3. A liquid does not have to be made of the same molecules. 4. A liquid is an in-between state of matter. 5. A liquid is difficult to compress.

EXAMPLES: Water Soda Coffee Juice

GAS A gases particles: are more free flowing than liquid Here are some facts about gases: 1. The air we breathe is made up of mainly Nitrogen and Oxygen. 2. A gas does not have a definite volume or shape. 3. There are 3 types of gases: Pure, Elemental and Compound. 4. A gas is a common state of matter like solids and liquids. 5. Helium gas is lighter then the air surrounding it.

EXAMPLES: Emissions(Carbon Dioxide) Balloon(Helium) Stove(Natural Gas)

PLASMA A plasma’s particles: are similar to gases with a little less movement Here are some facts about plasma: 1. Some common plasma’s are found in stars and Neon signs. 2. Plasma does not have a definite volume or shape. 3. Plasma is a very unique type of matter unlike solid, liquids and gas. 4. Plasma was used in the creation of nuclear bombs. 5. On August 17, 1879 English scientist, Sir William Crookes identified what he called radiant matter. It was named Plasma in 1928.

EXAMPLES: Lightening Fire Sun

COLLOIDS A colloids particles: can be like a solids, liquids or gases Here are some facts about colloids: 1. A colloids particles (atoms) can move like all 3 main states of matter. 2. A colloid can have a definite volume and shape depending on the 2 states of matter it is made of. 3. A colloid is a substance microscopically dispersed evenly throughout another substance. 4. A colloid has 2 separate phases; dispersed and internal. 5. Colloid was introduced in 1861 by a Scottish scientist named Thomas Graham .

EXAMPLES: Plants Ice Cream Milk Dogs Humans

• Particles – an extremely small portion, fragment or amount • Atoms – smallest component of an element • Volume – a mass or quantity • Shape – the quality of a distinct object• Thermal Energy – total kinetic and potential energy of

molecules in an object• Molecules – an electrical neutral group of two or more atoms• Matter – the substance of which any physical object consists or is composed • Compress – to press together; force into less space• Unique – not typical• Substance – that of which a thing consists; physical matter • Dispersed – to send off in various directions • Internal – situated or existing in the inside

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