Word Search Games By Cheryl Furst!

The three states of matter are solids, liquids, and gases. A substance in a solid state has a definite shape and volume. In a liquid state, a substance has a definite volume but no definite shape. As a gas, a substance has no definite shape or volume.

Everyone knows that water can be frozen into a solid called ice and be boiled into a gas called water vapor. But did you know tht everyting can exist in any of these three states? The main cause of the state is temperature.

Matter has mass and takes up space. Marbles, bicyles, and trees are all made of matter, but they have different physical properties. Every substance has physical properties that can be used to identify it. Color, smell, attraction to magnets, and melting and boiling points are examples.