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What is Matter?


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Matter:

  • A matter, also known as a substance is composed of tiny particles.
  • Anything that has mass and takes up space is known as matter.
  • There are three states/forms of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.
  • Example of the matter: Ice, water, air, pen, tree, oxygen gas, petrol, chalk, gold, silver,sand, etc

Characteristics of the matter:

  • Particles present in the matter are very small in size.
  • There are some attractive forces between the particles of matter known as intermolecular forces.
  • There is also space between the particles of matter known as intermolecular space.

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