3 Types of Matter

Like the chat below, there is 3 building blocks of matter that is made of different elements. That is gas, liquid, and solid. Gas has lots of space so the elements move around more quicker. Liquid has less space than gas but it is able to move around. Also liquid cannot be cut into another shape so it is indefinite. Unlike solid, it can be cut into exact shapes and has exact mass and volume. It is because it's atoms are all together that they cannot move around. They also cannot expand unless you use heat.

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3 Types of Matter

 

State of Matter	Volume	Shape	Mass	Expansion	Compressibility	3 Example
Gas	Definite	Definite	Definite	Very large	Easily compressible	Oxygen Hydrogen Nitrogen
Liquid	Definite	Indefinite	Definite	Expands slightly	Low compressibility	Water Juice Milk
Solid	Definite	Definite	Definite	Expands real low	No compressibility	Sugar Wood Lead

Some Cool Games About Atoms + Elements

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/activity.shtml

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/chemical_material_behaviour/atoms_elements/activity.shtml

 http://www.brainpop.co.uk/science/materials/compoundsandmixtures/

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SCIENCE: CURRENT EVENT 7

During September, scientist have discovered tiny particles that are called neutrinos that are faster than light. But however, till now scientist and physicists believed that there was no such thing that was faster than light in its race in or outer space. Then skeptical scientist did an experiment to see if superluminal neutrinos were real. They say light goes about 670 million miles per hour, but the new type of neutrinos were 450 million miles per hour underground. Neutrinos are known as particles that zip though everything at every time and has a part of light in it which makes it so fast. As an Italian group of scientist did an experiment on it to see which is faster. Apparently the physicist from Boston University look at the observation, they said that according to the speed and limits, light was still faster and why they thought neutrinos were faster was because they had particles of light to make it fast. Until now, they believe that the experiment was wrong and light is still faster.

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SCIENCE: CURRENT EVENT 6

What do you think of a gemstone such as ruby or emerald? Jewelery? Stones? Color? Well most people think of it as a precious gemstone (jewelery) that has beautiful colors. Scientist and others think of gemstones differently. It is hard to find the gemstone's origin by its weight or its color. It could be from Australia or Arkansas or it might have a identical one from the Democratic Republic of Congo. How you can figure out the origin of the gemstone is by the atoms and molecules that lie beneath the shiny colored surface. Scientists of Geological Society in Minneapolis found out that with enough information, we see which country it came from, the area of that country, and sometimes even the actual mine that it came from. Many of gemstones, including diamonds, comes from a war-torn country. It is because of the blood mineral that is left after a war. That is why governments say that these days, now that they can figure out which area the gemstone is from, people should sell the gemstones by the country the gemstone is from. When the scientists test the gemstone with the method of the atoms and molecules, almost 95% is correct. For rubies and emeralds, 98% is correctly from that country. But scientists have to test more gemstones before the method becomes a commercial use.  

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I think that it is cool on how scientist can tell the origin of a gemstone by looking at its atoms and molecules. Its also awesome son how science can tell everything and it can be used on everything.
-sooyoung