Matter

Vocabulary

• Matter - the 'stuff' that things are made of

• Properties -  characteristics of something (hard, wet, cold, etc)

• State - solid, liquid, gas

• Chemical changes - matter changes at a chemical level - (burning wood on a campfire)

• Physical changes - matter changes physically but not at a chemical level - (water changing to ice or steam)

Links

Statue of Liberty

States of Matter

Atoms: Protons, Neutrons, Electrons