the three states of matter grade 4 david matlock

The Three States of Matter

Grade 4

David Matlock

Introduction

• SOLID

• LIQUID

• GAS

SOLID

• Particles are very close together

• Particles move around a fixed point

• Have a definite shape • Have a definite

volume

LIQUID

• Particles slide past each other

• Takes the shape of its container

• Has a definite volume

Gas

• Particles lose contact with one another

• Particles move very fast

• Has no definite shape• Has no definite

volume

I have a definite shape. I am a

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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My particles are very far apart, I am a….

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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Particles can slip and slide past one another. They have a definite

volume.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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As my particles begin to cool, I reconnect with other particles.

Sometimes I fall from the sky. I am a…….

• Solid• Liquid• Gas

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Sometimes when I get too hot, I feel myself drifting away high into

the sky. I am a….

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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My particles stick together. You can pick me up if I’m not too heavy.

I am a ……• Solid• Liquid• Gas

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