Instructions
Read each question carefully and follow the directions for each section. Try your best and have fun exploring solids, liquids, and gases!
Section A: Multiple Choice
Circle the correct answer for each question.
1. Which of these has a fixed shape and does not flow?
- A) Water
- B) A rock
- C) Air
2. What state of matter is the steam from a hot kettle?
- A) Solid
- B) Liquid
- C) Gas
3. A liquid takes the shape of its...
- A) color
- B) container
- C) temperature
4. A bowl of cereal and milk is an example of a...
- A) Solid
- B) Gas
- C) Mixture
5. The air inside a soccer ball is an example of a...
- A) Gas
- B) Solid
- C) Liquid
Section B: True or False
Read each sentence. Circle True if the sentence is correct or False if it is incorrect.
6. A wooden chair is a liquid. True / False
7. A gas will always spread out to fill its container. True / False
8. Milk is a liquid. True / False
9. A mixture is when only one thing exists by itself. True / False
10. A solid always keeps its own shape. True / False
Section C: Matching Activity
Look at the table below. For each item in the first column, write if it is a Solid, Liquid, or Gas in the second column.
| Item | State of Matter (Solid, Liquid, or Gas?) |
|---|---|
| 11. A pencil | |
| 12. Orange juice | |
| 13. The wind | |
| 14. An ice cube | |
| 15. Honey |
Section D: Fill in the Blanks
Complete each sentence using one of the words from the Word Bank.
16. Water is a _________________________.
17. A _________________________ will spread out to fill an entire room.
18. A brick is a _________________________ because it has its own shape.
19. A fruit salad is a _________________________.
20. A liquid takes the _________________________ of its container.
Section E: What Am I?
Read the clues and write down if it is a Solid, Liquid, or Gas.
21. I have my own shape and I am hard. You can build things with me, like a house made of bricks.
What state of matter am I? _________________________
22. You can drink me. I flow and will fill the bottom of any cup you pour me into.
What state of matter am I? _________________________
23. I am all around you, but you usually can't see me. I fill up balloons and bubbles.
What state of matter am I? _________________________
Section F: Short Answer
Write your answers in the space provided.
24. Look at the drawing of an ice cube.
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Is this a solid, liquid, or gas? Give one reason for your answer.
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25. Look at the drawing of a glass of juice.
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Is the juice inside a solid, liquid, or gas? Give one reason for your answer.
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26. In your own words, what is a mixture?
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27. Name an example of a mixture you can eat.
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28. Name one solid and one liquid that could be in a mixture together.
Solid: _________________________ Liquid: _________________________
29. If you mix sand and water, do they become a new thing or are they just a mixture?
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30. Draw a picture of a mixture in the box below. It could be a salad, a toy box, or cereal!
Answer Key
Section A: Multiple Choice
- B) A rock
- C) Gas
- B) container
- C) Mixture
- A) Gas
Section B: True or False
- False
- True
- True
- False
- True
Section C: Matching Activity
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
- Solid
- Liquid
Section D: Fill in the Blanks
- Liquid
- Gas
- Solid
- Mixture
- Shape
Section E: What Am I?
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
Section F: Short Answer (Answers may vary, examples provided)
- It is a solid. Reason: It has its own shape / It is hard.
- It is a liquid. Reason: It takes the shape of its container / It can be poured.
- A mixture is when two or more different things are mixed together but don't create a new substance.
- Examples: Salad, trail mix, cereal and milk, soup.
- Examples: Solid: Sand, Liquid: Water / Solid: Sugar, Liquid: Tea / Solid: Ice, Liquid: Soda.
- They are just a mixture. (The sand and water are still separate pieces).
- The student's drawing should show at least two different things mixed together (e.g., different fruits in a salad, different types of blocks in a box).