Lesson 32 of 84 · Matter and Atoms
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Matter and Atoms.
🎯 Your mission
Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.
⚡ The twist
Color changes mean atoms are rearranging — even if you can't see them.
Mind = Blown
🧪 If you could remove all the empty space from atoms, the entire human race would fit in a sugar cube.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you mix: what color do you think it'll turn?
What You'll Learn
Matter exists in three common states: solid, liquid, and gas. Solids have a fixed shape and volume, liquids have a fixed volume but take the shape of their container, and gases fill any container.
Key Words
- concentration
- plasma
- molecule
Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Conduct a chromatography experiment: use a coffee filter and markers to separate the pigments in different colored inks.
Look for patterns in your observations.
Make a graph or chart showing your results.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which state of matter has a definite shape and volume?
Where you see this in real life
This is happening in your kitchen right now — every time food cooks.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one ingredient in a snack and look up what it does.
For the dinner table
“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”
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