Answers to States of Matter Scavenger Hunt

CHALLENGE QUESTIONS - ANSWER GUIDE

1. What is Matter?
Matter is all around you. Matter is made up of atoms and molecules and is anything that has mass.

2. What are the 3 States of Matter?
Solids
Liquids
Gases

3. Give two examples of each of these states of matter.
Solids – Rock, Fish
Liquids – Water, Blood
Gases – Air Bubbles, Steam

4. In the websites they talk about a 4th state of matter, what is it?
Plasma – They are a lot like gases, but the atoms are different. You don’t find plasmas walking around much. They aren’t things that happen regularly on Earth.

5. What is the difference between the physical and chemical change?
Physical change is when anything is added or taken away, but it is still the same thing, just a different phase. Whereas a chemical change happens on a molecular level, which would change the way the water acted, eventually making it something different.