2. What is matter?
• Matter is everything around
you, including you!
• Matter is what all things are
made of.
3. Matter has 3 forms.
1. Solid
1. Solid
2. Liquid
2. Liquid
3. Gas
3. Gas
4. Solids
• A solid has its own
shape.
• A solid does not
change unless you
cut, bend, or break it.
• Solids take up space
and have mass.
5. Liquids
• Liquids do not have
their own shape.
• Liquids take the
shape of their
container.
• Liquids take up space
and have mass.
6. Gases
• Gases have no definite
size or shape.
• Gases take the shape of
its container.
• A gas will fill all the space
inside a container.
• Gases take up space and
have mass.
7. Water is matter.
Did you know it comes in all 3 forms?
A Solid
A Solid A Liquid
A Liquid A Gas
A Gas
ice water water vapor
8. Matter has certain properties.
Properties are the characteristics of
matter, how something looks or feels.
• Matter can have color.
• Matter can be different sizes.
• Matter can have different shapes.
• Matter can have texture.
• Matter can be rigid or bendable.
• Matter also takes up space
and has mass.
9. We can group objects by their properties.
How can we group these objects?
10. 1. Did you sort them by color?
One property is color.
Red
Yellow
Green Color
11. 2. Did you sort them by size?
A second property is size.
Small objects
Large objects
Size
12. 3. Did you sort them by shape?
A third property is shape.
Triangles
Squares
Circles
Shape
13. We can group objects if they are
rigid or bendable.
• Bendable means that the matter can
bend, curve, or turn.
• Rigid means that the matter cannot bend,
it is stiff.
• Can you name something
that is rigid and something
that is bendable?
