Matter:
It’s what the world’s made of…
• It’s what the world’s made of.
SOLIDS
LIQUIDS
Solid, Liquid, Gas
(a) Particles in solid (b) Particles in liquid (c) Particles in gas
Solids
• Solids hold their own
shape.
• Solids have weight.
• Solids take up space.
Liquids
• Liquids take the shape of
their container.
• Liquids have weight.
• Liquids take up space.
Gasses
• Gasses spread out to
fill the entire space
given.
• Gasses have weight.
• Gasses take up space.
States of Matter
Gas, Liquid, and Solid
Gas Liquid Solid
Some Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Property Solid Liquid Gas
Shape Has definite shape Takes the shape of Takes the shape
the container of its container
Volume Has a definite volume Has a definite volume Fills the volume of
the container
Arrangement of Fixed, very close Random, close Random, far apart
Particles
Interactions between Very strong Strong Essentially none
particles
Energy Changes Accompanying Phase Changes
Gas
Vaporization Condensation
Energy of system
Sublimation
Liquid
Melting Freezing
Solid