The document describes the three states of matter - solid, liquid, and gas - using three diagrams (A, B, C). Diagram A represents a solid, where the particles are tightly packed together. Diagram B represents a liquid, where the particles move around but maintain contact. Diagram C represents a gas or steam, where the particles are spread far apart and can be compressed. Condensation is represented by the equation where a gas (C) changes into a liquid (B).

1. The three states of matter are represented in the diagrams
below.
A B C
a) Identify the diagram that represents
i) A solid. ___A_______
ii) Steam. _____C_____
b) Name a substance that could be represented by diagram
B. _____Liquid_____
c) Explain why substances represented by diagram C can be
compressed, but the others
Cannot?
Because the particles in the other states of mater will spill or trop
onto the ground not like The C diagram.
d) Condensation is a change of state. Complete the condensation
equation below by putting one letter from the diagrams above
(A, B, C) into each circle.
C B