1. States of Matter Notes
By: Mrs. Nelson

2. Matter Poem
Matter, matter everywhere. There’s matter in your hair. Matter in the air. There’s even matter in a pear! There’s liquid matter, solid matter, and matter that’s a gas. Even you are matter, because you have volume and mass!

3. Matter Things that have mass and take up space
This includes almost everything around us such as air, water, people, and rocks.
Matter does not include light, heat, and sound.

4. Question:
According to the definition above, air is a type of matter but light is not.
Explain why this is true.

5. Molecule
A molecule is the smallest particle of a substance still considered the substance.

6. Four States of Matter All matter comes in one of four states: Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma

7. Solid
Rigid
Boundary/interface
Not easily compressed

8. Solid Lowest energy state
Particles packed together tightly in crystal structure
Particles vibrating back and forth
Particles barely moving

9. Solid Examples:

10. Liquid
Flows
Boundary/Interface
Not easily compressed

11. Liquid Higher energy state than solid
Particles not as close as in a solid
Particles move freely and “slide”past each other easily
Particles move faster than in a solid

12. Liquid Examples:

13. Gas (Vapor)
Flows
No boundary/interface
Easily compressed

14. Gas (Vapor) Highest energy state Particles very far apart
Particles moving very freely (bump into each other)
Particles move fastest in a gas state
Water vapor, oxygen, and helium are examples

15. Video Clip
States of Matter

17. Plasma
Plasma is a state of matter that we do not often observe naturally on earth or on our sister planets because it requires a great deal of energy.

18. Plasma Examples
fluorescent light bulb
neon sign
lightning