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.
Diagram C has a lot of space between them, diagrams A and B are very close to each other,
and they do not get enough space to be compressed.

2. 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.
B
C
By:
Asheelta Singh
12:04
Strand Objective Level Resource type Integrating
strand MW5093
MW ob1a 5 BCR
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Keywords
States; particle nature of matter; NCEA.
Description
Students are given diagrams representing the three states of matter. Students answer four questions
relating to these.