Matter Test Study Guide
Test is Thursday, February 11, 2016
For your test on Matter, please be sure you know the following information.
1. Know the 3 states of matter: solid, liquid, gas
2. Know that weight
all properties of matter.
, shape
, color
, and size
are
3. Know that all matter has mass and takes up space.
4. Be able to tell how to change matter from one state to another:
Melting: matter changes from a solid to a liquid.
Evaporation: matter changes from a liquid to
a gas.
Condensation: matter changes from a gas to a liquid.
Freezing: matter changes from a liquid to a solid.
5. You should be able to identify whether certain objects are a solid, liquid, or gas.
6. You should be able to tell about the molecules in a solid, liquid, and a gas:
Molecules in a solid are very close together.
Molecules in a liquid are very far apart.
Molecules in a gas are very, very far apart.
7. You should be able to draw an example or experiment showing matter changing states.