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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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