This document defines and provides examples of the three states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. It explains that solids have a definite shape and size, liquids take the shape of their container, and gases have no definite shape. Examples are given of a sneaker representing a solid, juice in a glass representing a liquid, and air representing a gas. The document also discusses mass, volume, density, and properties of matter such as hardness, fragility, and elasticity. An activity is assigned for students to complete and journal about.
10. Mass
Measurement of the amount of matter
(or stuff) in an object
• Measured in grams (g)
There are 3 states
of matter:
Solid
Liquid
Gas
There are 3 states
of matter:
Solid
Liquid
Gas
11. Volume
Measurement of the amount of space an object
takes up
• Measured in milliliters (ml) o litre (l)
12. Which do you think would have the
greater volume? The greater mass?
Why?
1 kg of feathers
1 kg of rocks
14. Density is defined as mass per unit volume. It is a measure
of how tightly packed and how heavy the molecules are in
an object. Density is the amount of matter within a certain
volume.
Density