States of Matter
States of Matter: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Properties of Liquid State, Properties of Gaseous State, Properties of Solids, States of Matter, Solid, Liquid, Gas, etc.
Important Questions on States of Matter
Unscramble the following word to make a meaningful word.
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Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
An example of a solid is _____ (milk/rock/oxygen).
Can you pour ghee if it has been left outside on a cold day? Is it solid, liquid or gas? Ask someone to heat some ghee. Can you pour it now? What happens when the ghee is heated for longer? What do you see rising from it? What do you smell?
Solutions with salt and sugar as solutes will taste different.
Name the following.
_____, liquid and gas are the three states of matter.
What happens to an ice-cream when it is taken out of the freezer and left out in the open?
What happens to the wax of a candle when it is heated?
Identify the transparent, opaque and translucent objects present in your surroundings and list them.
Explain the difference between solid, liquid and gas with examples.
Write the names of the three states of matter?
If you leave naphthalene balls in the open, they become smaller in size after a few days. Why?
Hint: (Some solids change directly into vapour.)
There are some objects shown in the picture below. Group them as solids, liquids and gas in the table provided below the picture.
Manav and Urja are taking a quiz on different forms of water. The quiz has four pages. Help them win the quiz by choosing the correct words from the box. Words can be repeated on different pages.
Name two of each- solids, liquids and gases.
Fill in the puzzle with the help of clues given below.
- A state of matter which can be poured
- Change of liquid to a gas
- Change of a gas to a liquid
- The tiny particles that make up the matter
- A substance formed when a solute is dissolved in a solvent
- The liquid in which a solid is dissolved
- The solid that is dissolved in a liquid
- The gaseous state of water
- The amount of matter in an object
- The solid state of water
