Matter in Our Surroundings : āφāĻŽāĻžā§° āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•āĻžāώ⧰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ


Introduction to Matter : āφāĻŽāĻžā§° āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•āĻžāώ⧰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ - āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ ā§§ : āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ


What is Matter ? :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻŋ ? 


Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space.āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻ­ā§° (mass) āφāϛ⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āϕ⧰⧇, āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Examples of Matter :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ



  • Ice cube - has mass and shape. āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āϟ⧁āϕ⧁⧰āĻž - āĻ­ā§° āφ⧰⧁ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āφāϛ⧇

  • Wooden block - occupies space. āĻ•āĻžāĻ ā§° āϟ⧁āϕ⧁⧰āĻž - āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āϕ⧰⧇

  • Air in balloon - air also has mass. āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧁āύāϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ - āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁⧰⧋ āĻ­ā§° āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇


Conclusion / āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ: Solid, liquid, and gas - all are matter. āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āϟāĻž, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą āφ⧰⧁ āϗ⧇āĻ› - āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤


Characteristics of Matter :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš


Matter has some special properties.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤


1. Matter is made up of tiny particles :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ : All matter is made of very tiny particles which we cannot see with naked eyes. āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ, āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧀ āϚāϕ⧁āϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āύāĻžāϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


2. Particles of Matter are Very Small. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧁ : Particles are extremely small in size (microscopic).āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧁ (āĻ…āϪ⧁āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•) āφāĻ•āĻžā§°ā§°āĨ¤


3. Particles of Matter are in Constant Motion.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ : Particles are always moving. This motion increases on heating.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ—ā§°āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


4. Particles of Matter Attract Each Other. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦ⧋⧰⧇ āĻĒā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°āĻ• āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇ : There is a force of attraction between particles which holds them together. āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻšāρāϤāĻ• āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āϧ⧰āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤


Microscopic Concepts :: āĻ…āϪ⧁āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž



  • Microscopic particles: Cannot be seen by naked eyes. āĻ…āϪ⧁āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻŖāĻž: āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧀ āϚāϕ⧁āϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āύāĻžāϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ

  • Particles moving: Shows kinetic energy. āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ: āĻ—āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ

  • Force of attraction: Keeps matter together. āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ ā§°āĻžāϖ⧇


States of Matter :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš :- 


Matter exists in three states.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤāσ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Solid : āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āϟāĻž Fixed shape : āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻ•āĻžā§°, Fixed volume : āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāϝāĻŧāϤāύ


Ex: Stone, Ice, āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§°, āĻŦā§°āĻĢ


Liquid (āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą): 1. No fixed shape - āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āύāĻžāχ 2. Fixed volume - āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāϝāĻŧāϤāύ āφāϛ⧇


Ex: Water, Milk, āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀, āĻĻ⧁āϧ


Gas (āϗ⧇āĻ›) : No fixed shape : āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āύāĻžāχ, No fixed volume : āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāϝāĻŧāϤāύ āύāĻžāχ


Ex: Air, Oxygen, āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁, āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ


Exam Tips : āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€ āϏāĻžā§°āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ 



  • Matter has mass, occupies space, and exists as solid, liquid, and gas.

  • āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ­ā§° āφāϛ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āϕ⧰⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āϟāĻž, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą, āϗ⧇āĻ› ā§°ā§‚āĻĒ⧇ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


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Questions & Answers - āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ āφ⧰⧁ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰


1) Define matter. Give two examples.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āχāϟāĻž āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space. Examples: Ice cube, Wooden block. āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻ­ā§° āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āϕ⧰⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āϟ⧁āϕ⧁⧰āĻž, āĻ•āĻžāĻ ā§° āϟ⧁āϕ⧁⧰āĻžāĨ¤


2) What are the three states of matter? Give one example of each. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ? āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ā§° āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Solid - Stone, Liquid - Water, Gas - Air. āĻ ā§‹āϏ - āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§°, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą - āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀, āϗ⧇āĻ› - āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁


3) List three characteristics of matter. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:



  1. Matter is made of tiny particles. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤

  2.  Particles are in constant motion. āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

  3. Particles attract each other. āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


4) Why is air considered matter ? āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻ• āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? 


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Air has mass and occupies space. āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁⧰ āĻ­ā§° āφāϛ⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āχ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


5) What happens to the motion of particles when matter is heated ? āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻ—ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: The particles move faster when heated. āĻ—ā§°āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


6) Distinguish between solid, liquid, and gas. āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą āφ⧰⧁ āϗ⧇āϛ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:



  1. Solid: Fixed shape and volume. Example: Stone / Ice āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ: āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āφ⧰⧁ āφāϝāĻŧāϤāύāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§° / āĻŦā§°āĻĢ

  2. Liquid: No fixed shape but fixed volume. Example: Water / Milk āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą: āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāϝāĻŧāϤāύ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ / āĻĻ⧁āϧ

  3. Gas: No fixed shape or volume. Example: Air / Oxygen āϗ⧇āĻ›: āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āφ⧰⧁ āφāϝāĻŧāϤāύ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ / āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ


7) What is meant by the attraction force between particles ? Give an example. āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ? āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Attraction force is the force that holds particles together. Example: Water droplets forming. āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻĢā§‹āρāϟāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‹ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤


What is Matter ? :: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻŋ ? : Click Here


8) Explain why ice has a fixed shape but water does not. āĻŦ⧁āĻœā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āύāĻžāχāĨ¤


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: In ice, particles are tightly packed - fixed shape. In water, particles can move - no fixed shape. āĻŦā§°āĻĢāϤ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇ - āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻ•āĻžā§°āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϚāϞāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡ - āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āύāĻžāχāĨ¤


9) Draw a labeled diagram showing the three states of matter.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āϞ⧇āĻŦ⧇āϞāϏāĻš āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āφāρāĻ•āĻžāĨ¤


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Solid - Ice / Stone , Liquid - Water / Milk , Gas - Air / Oxygen


10) Classify the following as solid, liquid, or gas: Sugar, Milk, Oxygen. āĻāχāĻŦā§‹ā§°āĻ• āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą āĻŦāĻž āϗ⧇āĻ›āϤ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻž: āĻšā§‡āύ⧀, āĻĻ⧁āϧ, āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: 1. Sugar - Solid / āĻšā§‡āύ⧀ - āĻ—ā§‹āϟāĻž , 2. Milk - Liquid / āĻĻ⧁āϧ - āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą , 3. Oxygen - Gas / āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ - āϗ⧇āĻ›