Matter Vocabulary

Matter Vocabulary

Learn all about matter!

Group I

These slides [3-6] are about types of matter that are natural

Matter

Matter is any object. There are three types of matter. Solid, liquid and gas. Matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume.

Solids

Solids are one type of matter. The molecules in a solid are closely packed together and contain the least amount of kinetic energy. A solid is characterized by structural rigidity and resistance to a force applied to the surface

Liquids

Liquids are another type of matter

A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a constant volume independent of pressure. As such, it is one of the four fundamental states of matter, and is the only state with a definite volume but no fixed shape.

Gas

Gas is a state of matter too. Gas has the most kinetic energy and it escapes quickly from a container or object. There are a few molecules in a gas so they spread in the gas.

Multiple Select

Which type of matter has the least amount of kinetic energy?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Multiple Select

Which type of matter has the least amount of molecules?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Poll

Which type of matter is a nearly incompressible fluid?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Group II

These slides [11-14] are about types of matter that are man-made

Plasmas

Plasma is one of the other fundamental states of matter, and was first described by chemist Irving Langmuir in the 1920s. It consists of a gas of ions – atoms which have some of their orbital electrons removed – and free electrons.

Fermionic Condensates

A fermionic condensate or Fermi-Dirac condensate is a superfluid phase formed by fermionic particles at low temperatures. It is closely related to the Bose–Einstein condensate, a superfluid phase formed by bosonic atoms under similar conditions.

Bose-Einstein Condansates

In condensed matter physics, a Bose–Einstein condensate is a state of matter which is typically formed when a gas of bosons at low densities is cooled to temperatures very close to absolute zero.

Multiple Select

What is one type of matter that is man-made

• Liquid

• Bose-Einstein Condensates

• Soild

• Gas

Multiple Select

What is one one type of matter is natural?

• Bose-Einstein Condensates

• Liquid

• Plasmas

• Not here