1. What are materials?
2. Materials can be three different states, they are __________, __________, and _________.
3. Materials can also be ___________ and ____________.
4. Give two examples of natural and man-made materials!
Natural:
Man-made:
5. What is a substance?
6. A material can be made of _________________ substances.
7. Each substance has its own _______________.
8. All matter is made up of ___________.
9. What is a particle model?
10. What is particle model use for?
11. Particles are constantly ________.
12. What are the differences between the particles of solids and liquids? Draw the particle
models for solid and liquid.
13. Can solids behave like liquids? Give some examples.
14. What is melting?
15. What happens when a solid is heated?
16. Write two examples of melting in your daily life.
17. What is freezing?
18. Freezing is also known as _______________.
19. What happens when a liquid freezes?
20. Write two examples of freezing in your daily life.
21. What is physical change?
22. What happens during physical change? Give some examples.
23. Melting butter is a _________ change.
24. What is chemical reaction? What happens during chemical reaction?
25. Write three examples of chemical change.
26. True or False
a. Substances are made up of particles. __________
b. Particles in a solid are constantly moving. __________
c. The particle model helps us explain why solids and liquids have different properties. ____
d. Flour can be poured like a liquid because its particles are not closely packed together. __
e. New substances are formed during melting and freezing. __________
f. A chemical reaction takes place when substances react to form one or new substances. _
27. Particles are arranged differently in a solid and a liquid. Write the state under the diagram.
28. Which of these explains why liquids can change in shape?
The particles are packed closely together
The particles can move around one another
The particles can vibrate
29. Emma leaves a piece of chocolate under the hot sun.
Complete the sentences about what is happening to the chocolate. Choose words from the
following: chemical, freezing, liquid, melting, physical, solid.
The chocolate is __________. It is changing from a __________ into a __________. This is a
__________ change because no new substance is formed.
30. Fill in the blanks.
a. The tiny units that make up matter are called ____________.
b. New substances are formed during _______________ reactions.
c. Materials are made of __________.
d. _______________ takes place when you place water in a freezer.
e. The _________________________ explains the properties of matter and what happens
during changes of state.
f. Melting is a _____________ change.
g. A _______________ can be made of one or more substances. Each substance is made of
one type of _______________.
h. All mater is made up of _______________. We use the particle model to explain the
_____________ of matter.
i. During a _______________ reaction, substances react with each other to form one or
more new substances.
j. Change of state are _______________ changes.
k. During _______________, the particles gain heat and break away from the fixed
positions.
l. During _______________, the particles lose heat and settle into fixed position.
31. In solid, the particles are packed very closely together so they have _______________. They
also have fixed shape as the particles only _______________ about their positions.
32. In liquid, the particles are packed less closely together, but there is very little __________
between them which made them have fixed volume. However, since the particles move
around each other, they don’t have _______________.
33. Ben pours apple juice into a cup then he places the cup in the freezer.
a. What state of matter is the apple juice in before it is placed in the freezer?
b. What will happen to the apple juice after a few hours in the freezer?
34. Name the process from solid to liquid. __________
35. Name the process from liquid to solid. __________
36. Draw the change of state form solid to liquid in the box below.
37. Draw the change of state from liquid to solid in the box below.
38. Circle the correct answer.
a. The substance has fixed volume and the particles are held in fixed positions. This
substance is a ( solid / liquid ).
b. The substance has fixed volume and the particles move around each other. This
substance is a ( solid / liquid ).
39. Chen says that mixing oil and water is a physical change, but melting ice is a chemical
change. Ravi says that both are physical changes. Who is correct? Explain your answer.
40. Give three examples of liquid and solid substances.
