What is matter?

Matter is anything that has some mass and takes up space!!!

Mass: it is the measure of how much matter is in an object. It
is the amount of matter present in an object.
What is a volume?

Volume refers to the amount of space the object takes up. In

other words, volume is a measure of the size of an object,
just like height and width are ways to describe size.
Matter is everything that you can see, touch/feel or smell
(Fire, light and heat are not matter). Matter can be invisible
or so small that you can’t see it.  Most matter can be
classified as a solid, a liquid or a gas.
Solids are usually hard. They can hold their own shape.
They can be broken, cut, ripped, smashed, squashed, eroded,
etc.
Liquids can be poured and easily change shape to match the
shape of their container. They flow to form a flat surface and
fill all the space at the bottom of the container. Solids that
pour don’t form a flat surface, but make a low hill as the bits
stack up on each other. 

Gases are mostly invisible. They flow or spread out in every

direction to fill the entire container. The container needs to
have a lid or the gas will escape. Like solids and liquids, all
gases have weight. Some examples of gases are air, water
vapour, helium and oxygen. Smoke, fog and smog are not
coloured gases. These things are just air mixed with lots of
small bits of solid.
 Molecular arrangement of states of matter

Matter can change state. A change of state can be reversible.

Properties of states of matter

Matter can change state with a change in temperature.
These changes are often reversible. In other words, you can
get back what you started with.

 
 Heating some solids will melt them, turning them into a
liquid.
 Heating liquids will boil them, turning them into a gas.
 Cooling liquids will freeze them, turning them into a
solid.
 Cooling gases will condense them, turning them into a
liquid.
Dissolving solids in liquids is reversible because you can get
the solid back by boiling the liquid or letting it evaporate. A
good example is dissolving salt in water to make salty water.
This change is reversible because when the water evaporates
we are left with the salt that we started with.
Did you know that the salt you put on your dinner comes
from the sea?
The sea water is trapped and the water is left to evaporate.
Once this has happened, the salt is cleaned and packaged.