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


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¤


Ex: Everything around us—air, water, rocks, plants, and even our own bodies—is made of matter. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āφāĻŽāĻžā§° āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•āĻžāώ⧰ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁—āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁, āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀, āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§°, āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻ āφ⧰⧁ āφāĻŽāĻžā§° āĻļ⧰⧀⧰—āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤


Matter is Made Up of Tiny Particles : āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ



  • All matter consists of extremely small particles. These particles cannot be seen with the naked eye. Ex / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Sugar dissolves completely in water → shows particles mix and are very small.

  • āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧀ āϚāϕ⧁āϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āύāĻžāϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ / Ex: āĻšā§‡āύ⧀ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ—āϞāĻžāχ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ → āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏ⧰⧁ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


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


1. Particles are Very Small / āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧁



  • Particles of matter are microscopic.

  • āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ…āϪ⧁āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ•āĻžā§°ā§°āĨ¤


2. Particles are in Constant Motion / āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇



  • Particles move all the time.

  • āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇


Motion Examples / āĻ—āϤāĻŋā§° āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ:


 i. Solids → particles vibrate in place. āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ → āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ


ii. Liquids → particles move past each other .āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą → āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒāĻžā§° āĻšā§ˆ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇


iii. Gases → particles move rapidly in all directions. āϗ⧇āĻ› → āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇


3. Particles Attract Each Other / āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦ⧋⧰⧇ āĻĒā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°āĻ• āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇



  • There are forces of attraction that hold particles together.

  • āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻšāρāϤāĻ• āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āϧ⧰āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤

  • Force Example / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Water droplets forming. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻĢā§‹āρāϟāĻž āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Summary / āϏāĻžā§°āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ : Matter is all around us, made up of tiny particles that are in constant motion and attract each other. It exists as solid, liquid, and gas. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āφāĻŽāĻžā§° āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•āĻžāώāϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āχ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ, āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ āϕ⧰⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°āĻ• āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āφāϛ⧇—āĻ ā§‹āϏ, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą, āφ⧰⧁ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĨ¤


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


1) Define matter and give two examples.āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āφ⧰⧁ 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) Name the three states of matter with examples. āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤


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


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


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:



  1. Particles are very small / āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧁

  2. Particles are in constant motion / āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇

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


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, so it is matter. āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁⧰ āĻ­ā§° āφāϛ⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āχ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āϕ⧰⧇, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āχ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤


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⧰:  Particles move faster when matter is heated. āĻ—ā§°āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


6) 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¤


7) Give examples of the motion of particles in solids, liquids, and gases. āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą āφ⧰⧁ āϗ⧇āϛ⧰ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋā§° āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:



  • Solid → Vibrate in place (Ice cube) : āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ → āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ (āĻŦā§°āĻĢ)

  • Liquid → Move past each other (Water) : āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą → āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒāĻžā§° āĻšā§ˆ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇ (āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀)

  • Gas → Move rapidly in all directions (Air) :  āϗ⧇āĻ› → āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇ (āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁)


8) What is meant by the force of attraction 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⧰: It is the force that holds particles together. Example: Water droplets forming. āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°āĻ• āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻĢā§‹āρāϟāĻž āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


9) Why is sugar able to dissolve completely in water ? āĻšā§‡āύ⧀ āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ—āϞāĻžāχ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Because the particles of sugar and water are very small and can mix easily. āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻšā§‡āύ⧀ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧁ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤


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


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Sugar → Solid / āĻšā§‡āύ⧀ → āĻ ā§‹āϏ , Milk → Liquid / āĻĻ⧁āϧ → āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ą , Oxygen → Gas / āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ → āϗ⧇āĻ›