Matter in Our Surroundings : āĻāĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāώ⧰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ
Introduction to Matter : āĻāĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāώ⧰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ - āĻ āĻāĻļ ā§§ : āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧ
What is Matter ? :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻŋ ?
Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space.. āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻā§° (mass) āĻāĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻā§°ā§, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Examples of Matter :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
- Ice cube - has mass and shape. āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻž - āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§
- Wooden block - occupies space. āĻāĻžāĻ ā§° āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻž - āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻā§°ā§
- Air in balloon - air also has mass. āĻŦā§āϞā§āύāϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ - āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§° āĻĨāĻžāĻā§
Conclusion / āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ: Solid, liquid, and gas - all are matter. āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻ - āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤
Characteristics of Matter :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§āĻš
Matter has some special properties.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
1. Matter is made up of tiny particles :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āϏ⧰⧠āϏ⧰⧠āĻāĻŖāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ : All matter is made of very tiny particles which we cannot see with naked eyes. āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻ āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧠āϏ⧰⧠āĻāĻŖāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ, āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻā§āϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āύāĻžāϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
2. Particles of Matter are Very Small. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻ āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧠: Particles are extremely small in size (microscopic).āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻ āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧠(āĻ āĻŖā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ) āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§°āĨ¤
3. Particles of Matter are in Constant Motion.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ : Particles are always moving. This motion increases on heating.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
4. Particles of Matter Attract Each Other. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āĻĒā§°āϏā§āĻĒā§°āĻ āĻāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ : There is a force of attraction between particles which holds them together. āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻŋāĻšāĻāϤāĻ āĻāĻā§āϞāĻā§ āϧ⧰āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Microscopic Concepts :: āĻ āĻŖā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž
- Microscopic particles: Cannot be seen by naked eyes. āĻ āĻŖā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŖāĻž: āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻā§āϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āύāĻžāϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
- Particles moving: Shows kinetic energy. āĻāĻŖāĻžā§° āĻāϤāĻŋ: āĻāϤāĻŋāĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ
- Force of attraction: Keeps matter together. āĻāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻā§āϞāĻā§ ā§°āĻžāĻā§
States of Matter :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϏāĻŽā§āĻš :-
Matter exists in three states.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Solid : āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻž Fixed shape : āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§°, Fixed volume : āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāύ
Ex: Stone, Ice, āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§°, āĻŦā§°āĻĢ
Liquid (āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą): 1. No fixed shape - āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻ 2. Fixed volume - āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāύ āĻāĻā§
Ex: Water, Milk, āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāύā§, āĻĻā§āϧ
Gas (āĻā§āĻ) : No fixed shape : āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻ, No fixed volume : āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāύ āύāĻžāĻ
Ex: Air, Oxygen, āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§, āĻ āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ
Exam Tips : āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻļāĻžā§°ā§ āϏāĻžā§°āĻžāĻāĻļ
- Matter has mass, occupies space, and exists as solid, liquid, and gas.
- āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻā§° āĻāĻā§, āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą, āĻā§āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĒā§ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
What is Matter ? :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻŋ ? : Click Here
Questions & Answers - āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰
1) Define matter. Give two examples.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space. Examples: Ice cube, Wooden block. āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻā§° āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ ā§° āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĨ¤
2) What are the three states of matter? Give one example of each. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻŋ? āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Solid - Stone, Liquid - Water, Gas - Air. āĻ ā§āϏ - āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§°, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą - āĻĒāĻžāύā§, āĻā§āĻ - āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§
3) List three characteristics of matter. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰:
- Matter is made of tiny particles. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āϏ⧰⧠āϏ⧰⧠āĻāĻŖāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤
- Particles are in constant motion. āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
- Particles attract each other. āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āϏā§āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ āύā§āĻā§ą āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
4) Why is air considered matter ? āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Air has mass and occupies space. āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ā§° āĻā§° āĻāĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
5) What happens to the motion of particles when matter is heated ? āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŖāĻžā§° āĻāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: The particles move faster when heated. āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
6) Distinguish between solid, liquid, and gas. āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰:
- Solid: Fixed shape and volume. Example: Stone / Ice āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ: āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāύāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§° / āĻŦā§°āĻĢ
- Liquid: No fixed shape but fixed volume. Example: Water / Milk āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą: āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāύ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāύ⧠/ āĻĻā§āϧ
- Gas: No fixed shape or volume. Example: Air / Oxygen āĻā§āĻ: āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāύ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ / āĻ āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ
7) What is meant by the attraction force between particles ? Give an example. āĻāĻŖāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋ? āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Attraction force is the force that holds particles together. Example: Water droplets forming. āĻāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻā§āϞāĻā§ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻĢā§āĻāĻāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āϝā§ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤
What is Matter ? :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻŋ ? : Click Here
8) Explain why ice has a fixed shape but water does not. āĻŦā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: In ice, particles are tightly packed - fixed shape. In water, particles can move - no fixed shape. āĻŦā§°āĻĢāϤ āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ - āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§°āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāϞāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§ - āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤
9) Draw a labeled diagram showing the three states of matter.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āϞā§āĻŦā§āϞāϏāĻš āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĨ¤
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Solid - Ice / Stone , Liquid - Water / Milk , Gas - Air / Oxygen
10) Classify the following as solid, liquid, or gas: Sugar, Milk, Oxygen. āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§°āĻ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻāϤ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž: āĻā§āύā§, āĻĻā§āϧ, āĻ āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: 1. Sugar - Solid / āĻā§āύ⧠- āĻā§āĻāĻž , 2. Milk - Liquid / āĻĻā§āϧ - āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą , 3. Oxygen - Gas / āĻ āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ - āĻā§āĻ