Question

What is Matter?

Answer 1

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.