Description: Classification of Matter and its properties
MATTER
SOLIDS
- molecules closely packed
- hold down shape
- ice, wood
- hard to compress
GASES
- molecules spread out
- fill a container
- air, hydrogen
- compressed easily
LIQUIDS
- take shape of container
- molecules slide past each other
- difficult to compress
- milk, water
PLASMA
- fluorescent lights, in stars, auroras
- particles spread out
- gas carrying electrical charge conduct electricity
- particles in excited state
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES
- form just above absolute zero (-273 deg C)