Name/Date/Period___________________________________
States of Matter
Do Now: How can we tell the difference between
chemical properties and physical properties?
3 States of Matter:
Characteristics of Solids:
Characteristics of Liquids:
Characteristics of Gases:
Draw the particle structure of helium gas in a
balloon?
What is the kinetic energy of each state of matter?
What is your favorite candy?
Group Question #1: Why is water a liquid?
Group Question #2: How are solids and gases
different in their particle structure?
Group Question #3: What is matter made of?
Group Question #4: What are the physical traits
we use to classify the states of matter?
Name/Date/Period___________________________________
1. There are three states of matter: ___________________________,
_________________________ and ________________________.
2. _____________________________ have a fixed shape.
3. ________________________take the ________________________of their container and
they also have a __________________________ top.
4. Some ___________________ can _____________________ and become
_______________________________.
5. Liquids __________________________at low temperatures and become
________________________________.
6. Two states of matter you can see are __________________________ and
___________________________________.
7. ____________________can change their shape by ___________________.
8. ______________ don’t have a fixed ____________________ or _________________.
9. Depending on the temperature _____________________ can exist in a ______________,
____________________or ____________________________
10. Even when a ____________________changes shape, the
_____________________________ remains the same.
Word Bank
liquids x4, water, solids x4, liquid x2, solid x2, gas x2, flowing, flat, gases, melt, volume x2,
freeze, shape x2