{"id":8813,"date":"2021-03-02T13:17:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T13:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=8813"},"modified":"2021-03-02T15:15:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T15:15:22","slug":"what-is-matter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"What is matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8813\" class=\"elementor elementor-8813\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-220181f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"220181f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50c9b83\" 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data-id=\"e7c6c7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Matter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c9f786 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"4c9f786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-matter-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8829 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-matter\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is matter?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8830 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-solid\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a solid?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8831 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-liquid\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a liquid?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8837 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-gas\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a gas?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8832 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/changing-states-of-matter\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Changing states of matter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8833 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/behavior-of-matter\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Behavior of Matter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8834 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-physical-phange\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a physical phange?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8835 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-chemical-change\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a chemical change?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dacfd8e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dacfd8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8f4305 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"b8f4305\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d6a55f\" data-id=\"9d6a55f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-729438a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"729438a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Introduction to matter.<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-942eb2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"942eb2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_8945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8945\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8945\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/boy-blowing-bubbles-matter.jpg\" alt=\"What is matter\" width=\"275\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/boy-blowing-bubbles-matter.jpg 275w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/boy-blowing-bubbles-matter-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What is matter<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"p1\">Matter is anything, such as a solid, liquid, or gas, that has\u00a0<b>weight<\/b>\u00a0(mass) and occupies space. For anything to occupy space, it must-have\u00a0<b>volume<\/b>. Thinking about it, everything on earth has weight and takes up space, and that means everything on earth is matter.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Take a look at this boy blowing bubbles. He is holding a cup with some bubble solution in it. He blows air into the bubble wand, trapping air (gas) in a thin film of the solution.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The boy&#8217;s<b><i>\u00a0cup, liquid, and the air<\/i><\/b>\u00a0he is blowing is matter. They all have some weight and volume. Different things of matter behave differently. How and why does the cup, water, or air feel and behave the way they do?<\/p><p class=\"p1\">It is because of the individual properties that they are made up of. Their individual properties are held together (bonded) and the strength of the bonds determine why the cup cannot flow (like water) or why air (gas) can be compressed.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">But what are their individual properties made of?<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Good question. Solids, liquids, and gases are all made up of tiny stuff that the naked eye cannot see, called atoms, molecules, and\/or ions. The illustration below is an idea of how atoms, molecules, and ions in matter look like under a microscope.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_8946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8946\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8946\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/arrangement-of-molecules-in-matter.jpg\" alt=\"What does the arrangement of molecules in matter look like?\" width=\"600\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/arrangement-of-molecules-in-matter.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/arrangement-of-molecules-in-matter-300x110.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What does the arrangement of molecules in matter look like?<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"p1\">In this lesson, we shall look at the 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What is a solid? What is a liquid? What is a gas? Changing states of matter Behavior of Matter What is a physical phange? What is a chemical change? Introduction to matter. Matter is anything, such as a solid, liquid, or gas, that has\u00a0weight\u00a0(mass) and occupies space. 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