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Nonfiction Alike and Different • Call Outs Matter

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Scott Foresman Science 1.8

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 Vocabulary What did you learn?
dissolve
1. How can you describe solids?
evaporate
gas
2. Name a gas.
liquid
mass
3. Matter can
matter
be changed.byWrite
Arlene
toBlock
explain
solid
some of the changes. Use words
from the book as you write.

4. Alike and Different How are

solids like liquids? How are they
different?

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ISBN: 0-328-13755-3

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Matter
Look all around. Most of what you see
is matter. Matter is anything that takes up
space. Matter is made of tiny parts.
Some parts are too small to see.
Mass is the amount of matter
in an object.

All these things are matter. You can

The book bag use words to tell about matter. You can
is matter. tell its size, shape, or color. You can tell
how it feels. You can tell how heavy it is.

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Solids, Liquids,
And Gases
Matter can be solid, liquid, or gas.

The basket is a solid.

These foods are solids too.

A solid takes up space. A solid has its

own shape. You can move a solid. The shape
will not change.

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 A gas takes up space. A gas can change
size and shape. Gas takes the size and shape
of what holds it. You cannot see most gases.
Juice is a liquid.
Air is a gas.

A liquid takes up space. It is different Gas is inside

from a solid. A liquid can change shape. the balloons.

A liquid takes the shape of what holds it.

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Matter Changes

This is a liquid. Pour it! Freeze it!

A liquid can change to a solid.

Matter can be changed. The paper has A solid can melt. It can
one shape. You can cut it into new shapes. change to a liquid.

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 Powder paint

Red paint

Water
What solids can you see?
Some solids dissolve in liquids. The solid
spreads through the liquid.
You can mix matter. You can mix The water is a liquid. The powder is
solids and liquids together. You can a solid. The solid dissolves in the liquid.
take the solids out. It makes red paint.

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Water Changes Heat makes water boil. The water
changes to water vapor. Water vapor
Water can be solid, liquid, or gas. is a gas.
Water vapor
Liquid water can freeze when it gets
very cold. The water changes to ice.
Ice is a solid. Heat melts ice. The ice
changes to water.

Water

Ice The Sun shines. Soon

this puddle will be gone.
Where will the water go?
It will evaporate. It will
change from a liquid to a gas.

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Other Ways
Matter Changes
Some matter can change into a different
kind of matter. The horseshoe is made of iron.
The outside has changed to rust.

Burning
wood

Iron horseshoe
Wood Ash

Wood can burn. The wood becomes ash.

It will not change back to wood.

Iron horseshoe
with rust
What can you see that takes up space?
This is matter. Matter is everywhere
you look!

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 Vocabulary What did you learn?
Glossary
dissolve
1. How can you describe solids?
evaporate
gas
dissolve to spread through a liquid 2. Name a gas.
liquid
mass
evaporate to change from a liquid to a gas 3. Matter can
matter
be changed. Write to explain
solid
gas matter that changes size some of the changes. Use words
and shape to fill the container from the book as you write.
it is in
4. Alike and Different How are
liquid matter that changes shape solids like liquids? How are they
to take the shape of its different?
container

mass amount of matter in an object

Picture Credits

matter anything that takes up space

Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material.
The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the copyright © of Dorling Kindersley, a division of Pearson.

solid matter that has its own shape

ISBN: 0-328-13755-3

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any
prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to
Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.

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