Matter in Our Surroundings

Part 1

***The matter is anything that occupies space and has mass.

Matter is made up of particles.

Characteristics of Particles of Matter

o The particles of matter are very small in size.

o The particles of matter have space between them.
o The particles of matter are continuously moving.
o The particles of matter attract each other.

Experiments for Characteristics of Particles of Matter :

EXPERIMENT I:

o Take a glass filled with water and mark the level of water in
the glass.
o Add sugar to the water in the glass.
o As soon as we add the sugar the level of water rises from
the marked line.
o Take a stirrer and keep on stirring the solution. After some
time, sugar gets dissolved and level comes back to its
original marked line.
o This experiment proves that matter is made up of tiny
particles due to which the particles of sugar adjusted
themselves into the spaces available between the tiny
particles of water.