States of Matter – Response to Text
Answer each question to the best of your ability, using full sentences and make sure to include detail in your responses.
- What are the three states of matter commonly found on Earth, and what are TWO of their properties?
State #1:Solid | State #2:Liquid | State #3:Gas |
Property #1:Solid is a hard substance like brick or wood. There are many different ways to create the substance of liquid. | Property #1LIquid is a wet substance like juice or water liquids can be shown in many different ways just like the image right above. | Property #1Gas is an airy substance. It is just air like farts,Oxygen or steam. |
Property #2:Solids can be created from liquid like when you shake cream in a jar it transforms into butter. | Property #2 Liquids are an easy type of substance that is very easy to get into things. | Property #2 You can create steam by boiling hot water in a pot and steam is formed. |
- What is the fourth state of matter called?
- Electrons
- Particles
- Plasma
- Laser
- What happens to the speed of molecules when the temperature increases?
- They move quicker#
- They move slower
- They move at the same speed
- They explode.
- Explain what happens to the molecules in a liquid when they are cooled down to their freezing point.
the average energy of the molecules decreases |
- Explain what happens to the molecules in a liquid when they are heated to their boiling point.
More energetic ,molecules change to a gas,spread out,and form bubbles.These rise to the surface and enter the atmosphere. |
- What could be the reason for the fact that gases can be compressed more easily than solids or liquids?
Gases are compressible because most values of a gas is composed of the large amounts of empty space between the gas particles. |
- Explain how each of these jobs might need to understand and work with different types of matter. (You may need to research to find out more)
Job | Gas | Liquid | Solid |
Baker | Carbon dioxide | water | flour |
Fire
Fighter |
Compressed air | water | Dry ice |
Welder | carbon dioxide | welding fluid | Metal |