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Chemistry 3 Activity
Chemistry 3 Activity
Chemistry 3 Activity
Activity 1: Classify objects and materials into solid, liquid, and gas.
1. Classify the materials listed below into solid, liquid, or gas. List the names of the objects or materials where
they appropriately belong. Give reasons for grouping them.
OXYGEN MILK BAG COTTON
BLOCK OF WOOD AIR SWEAT OIL
Classification of Reasons for grouping
Materials
matter together
A block of wood, bag, and
Block of cotton has a firm and
SOLID Bag Cotton
Woof stable shape. They can be
held by hand.
Milk, sweat, and oil are
classified as solid because
LIQUID Milk Sweat Oil
they are a substance that
flows.
Oxygen and air are
grouped together as gas
because they don’t have a
GAS Oxygen Air
fixed shape, they don’t
flow and they don’t have
volume.
Activity 2: Descriptions of the state of matter according to the shape and space they occupy.
2. Look at the materials listed below. Complete the information needed in each box.
Material/Object Mass Shape Volume State of matter
Cough Syrup Definite Indefinite Definite Liquid
Cow’s milk Definite Indefinite Definite Liquid
Air in inflated tire Definite Indefinite Indefinite Gas
Sugar crystals Definite Definite Definite Solid
Chair Definite Definite Definite Solid
3. All matter can be classified in one of three physical forms or states such as solid, liquid or gas. Complete the
needed information on the characteristics and properties of the 3 states of matter.
States of Matter Characteristics Properties
(Describe the shape, mass and volume if (Give the definition of the following
each state of matter) properties)
SOLID Shape: Definite Hardness – the resistance of a material
to localized plastic deformation.
Mass: Definite
Volume: Definite
Mass: Indefinite
Volume: Indefinite
1. Evaporation
2. Melting
3. Deposition
4. Condensation
5. Freezing
6. Sublimation