short narrative stories grade 4 examples

🧪 Quick Study Guide

• ⚛️ Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. Examples include air, water, and rocks.
• 💧 Matter can exist in different states: solid, liquid, and gas. Water can be ice (solid), liquid water, or steam (gas).
• 🧱 Solids have a definite shape and volume. Examples include a brick, a table, and a book.
• 🌊 Liquids have a definite volume but take the shape of their container. Examples include water, milk, and juice.
• 💨 Gases have no definite shape or volume and can spread out to fill any container. Examples include air, oxygen, and helium.
• 🔥 A physical change alters the appearance of a substance but doesn't change what it is. Example: Melting ice.
• 💥 A chemical change results in a new substance being formed. Example: Burning wood.

📝 Practice Quiz

1. What is anything that has mass and takes up space called?
   1. Atom
   2. Energy
   3. Matter
   4. Light
2. Which state of matter has a definite shape and volume?
   1. Gas
   2. Liquid
   3. Solid
   4. Plasma
3. Water turning into ice is an example of which state of matter?
   1. Gas
   2. Liquid
   3. Solid
   4. Plasma
4. What happens to the shape of a liquid when you pour it into a different container?
   1. It stays the same
   2. It disappears
   3. It takes the shape of the new container
   4. It turns into a solid
5. Burning wood is an example of what kind of change?
   1. Physical change
   2. Chemical change
   3. State change
   4. Phase change
6. Which of the following is an example of a gas?
   1. Water
   2. Ice
   3. Oxygen
   4. Rock
7. Melting an ice cube is an example of what kind of change?
   1. Chemical change
   2. Nuclear change
   3. Physical change
   4. Biological change