Are there four (or more) states of matter?

How many types of matter are there?

Answer:
There are 4 different types of matter. 
1. Solid ex. rock, wood
2.liquid ex. water, blood
3. Gas ex. oxygen, hydrogen
4. Plasma ex lightning, stars and sun

and matter is anything that takes up space and exists everywhere.

Matter makes up everything you can see or touch including the universe.

Matter
From Wikipedia.

Matter is a general term for the substance of which all physical objects consist. [1][2] Typically, matter includes atoms and other particles which

have mass. A common way of defining matter is as anything that has mass and occupies volume.[3] In practice however there is no single correct

scientific meaning of "matter," as different fields use the term in different and sometimes incompatible ways. Matter is commonly said to exist in

four states : solid, liquid, gas and plasma. However, advances in experimental techniques have realized other phases, previously only theoretical

constructs, such as Bose–Einstein condensates .

Contents

1 Definitions

o 1.1 Common definition

o 1.2 Atoms and molecules

definition

o 1.3 Protons, neutrons and

electrons definition

2 Phases

3 Other types of matter

o 3.1 Dark matter

Definitions

Common definition

The common definition of matter is anything that has both mass and volume (occupies space). For example, a car would be said to be made of

matter, as it occupies space, and has mass.

Atoms and molecules definition

A definition of "matter" that is based upon its physical and chemical structure is: matter is made up of atoms and molecules. As an

example, deoxyribonucleic acid molecules (DNA) are matter under this definition because they are made of atoms.
Protons, neutrons and electrons definition

A definition of "matter" more fine-scale than the atoms and molecules definition is: matter is made up of what atoms and molecules are made of,

meaning anything made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. This definition goes beyond atoms and molecules, however, to include substances

made from these building blocks that are not simply atoms or molecules, for example white dwarf (electron-degenerate matter) matter —

typically, carbon and oxygen nuclei in a sea of degenerate electrons.

Phases

In bulk, matter can exist in several different forms, or states of aggregation, known as phases, depending on ambient pressure,

temperature and volume. A phase is a form of matter that has a relatively uniform chemical composition and physical properties (such

as density, specific heat, refractive index, and so forth). These phases include the three familiar ones (solids, liquids, and gases), as well as more

exotic states of matter ( such as plasmas,  Bose–Einstein condensates, ...). A fluid may be a liquid, gas or plasma. As conditions change, matter

may change from one phase into another. These phenomena are called phase transitions, and are studied in the field of thermodynamics. In

nanomaterials, the vastly increased ratio of surface area to volume results in matter that can exhibit properties entirely different from those of bulk

material, and not well described by any bulk phase (see nanomaterials for more details). Phases are sometimes called states of matter, but this

term can lead to confusion with thermodynamic states. For example, two gases maintained at different pressures are in different thermodynamic

states (different pressures), but in the same phase (both are gases).

Other types of matter

Dark matter

In astrophysics and cosmology, dark matter is matter of unknown composition that does not emit or reflect enough electromagnetic radiation to

be observed directly, but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter.

States of matter

Solid Liquid Gas Plasma

Low energy Bose–Einstein condensate · Strange matter 

Other states Glass 

Transitions Boiling point · Deposition · Evaporation · Freezing · Melting point · Sublimation · Supercooling 

So, there are four states of matter! By: Joe So,