Matter and Materials

What is matter?

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Anything that is visible to the naked eye

• Anything that is in motion

• Anything that emits light

What are the three major states of matter?

• Solid, liquid and plasma

• Solid, liquid and gas

• Liquid, gas and plasma

• Solid, gas and Bose-Einstein condensate

What are the smallest particles of matter?

• Cells

• Atoms

• Molecules

• Organelles

Which state of matter has a fixed shape, size and volume?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

What are biodegradable substances?

• Substances that are not found in nature

• Substances that are harmful to the environment

• Substances that cannot be decomposed into organic waste by microorganisms

• Substances that can be easily decayed by microorganisms

Matter is defined as anything that has mass and takes up ____________.

The smallest particle of matter is the ____________.

Solids have a fixed shape, size and ____________.

Gases do not have any fixed _________ size or volume.

A substance is ____________ if it dissolves in a fluid.