Matter

What is matter?

• anything that has volume and mass.

• anything that has energy

• anything that is alive

• anything the is not alive

What distinguishes one type of matter from a different type of matter?

• solid, liquid, gas

• Different types of matter are made of different atoms or combinations of atoms.

• too small to be seen

• the amount of stuff in an object.

What is the difference between the three states of matter?

• Heat and light

• energy

• volume and mass

• Each state of matter is made of particles packed together tightly, loosely or very loosely.

How is energy different from matter?

• it has more mass and volume

• energy is not matter because it does not have mass and volume.

• it is made of solids, liquids or gases.

• it is made of different atoms.

A student makes the statement that air is not matter. He argues that you cannot see air and thus, it does not have volume or mass. Evaluate the student's claim. Is he right or wrong?

• Right

• Wrong