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English Department – READER: Science Content

Name:_ _ __________________ ____________________ 5th:___________________ Date: ________________

LET'S PRACTICE! –HOW MATTER CHANGES.

Before Reading : look at the images and answer the questions. Discuss with the class your own conclusions. OBJECTIVE: identify Physical
then watch the slides and check your answers. ( 15 minutes) and chemical changes in
matter.
http://www.slideshare.net/allsaintsscience/3rd-grade-ch-11-lesson-3-what-are-chemical-changes-in-matter

You will see the following words on the

reading. Do you know their meaning? Use the
dictionary or ask your teacher.

Melt:
Evaporation:
Reversible:
Freeze:
Condensation:
Alter:
Scrunch:
Heat :
Beaded up: To form into the shape of a bead

How Matter Changes

By Cindy Grigg

Changes in matter happen around you every day. Some changes make matter look different.
LET´S READ; Read and complete the chart on the Other changes make one kind of matter become another kind of matter.
Next page. (15 minutes) When you scrunch a sheet of paper up into a ball, it is still paper. It only changed shape. You
can cut a large, rectangular piece of paper into many small triangles. It changed shape and size,
but it is still paper. These kinds of changes are called physical changes.
Physical changes are changes in the way matter looks. Changes in size and shape, like the
changes in the cut pieces of paper, are physical changes. Physical changes are changes in the
Reading strategy: Cause and Effect
Remind students that a cause makes size, shape, state, or appearance of matter.
something happen. The result of what
happens is the effect. Another kind of physical change happens when matter changes from one state to another state.
As you read this selection, you looked for When water freezes and makes ice, it is still water. It has only changed its state of matter from
causes and effects. a liquid to a solid. It has changed its appearance and shape, but it is still water. You can change
• What examples of causes and effects the ice back into water by letting it melt. Matter looks different when it changes states, but it
did you identify? stays the same kind of matter. Solids like ice can change into liquids. Heat speeds up the moving
• Did looking for causes and effects help particles in ice. The particles move apart. Heat melts ice and changes it to liquid water. Metals
you to understand the selection? How?
can be changed from a solid to a liquid state also. Metals must be heated to a high temperature
to melt.
 Melting is changing from a solid state to a liquid state. Ice melts at 0 degrees
Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the melting point (or freezing point) of
water. If the temperature goes above this temperature, the ice will melt. Heat
CAUSE EFFECT speeds up the moving particles in ice. If the temperature goes below this
Physical change temperature, water will freeze. At colder temperatures, the moving particles
slow down. You have probably seen a puddle of water that disappears after a time.
Ice or metal in high The water in the puddle changed into a gas. Matter evaporates when it changes
temperature from a liquid to a gas. Water in the form of gas is called water vapor. Water
Water in a puddle in a changes quickly into a gas when water is heated to a temperature of 100 degrees
hot day Celsius or 212 degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature is the boiling point of water.
Water in low Heat makes water particles move fast.
temperature
Cooling air causes water vapor “gas” to change to a liquid. Matter condenses
when it changes from a gas to a liquid. Have you ever had a glass of lemonade
Chemical change
with ice on a hot summer day? Did you notice the water that beaded up on the
outside of the glass? The cold glass cooled the air around it. Then water vapor in
Gas to liquid the air condensed to small drops of water on the outside of the glass.Another way
matter can change is a chemical change. A chemical change takes place when
matter changes into a different kind of matter. An example of a chemical change
is burning wood. The wood changes into smoke and ash. This chemical change
produces heat and light.

Changes in the way matter looks are physical changes. A physical change happens
when matter changes from one state into another. A chemical change takes place
when matter changes to a different kind of matter.

USE THE READING STRATEGY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.(10 minutes)

1. A physical change is a change in the: 4. What is the melting point of ice?

A. Size and shape A. 100 degrees Celsius

B. State of matter B. 32 degrees Fahrenheit
C. Appearance C. 212 degrees Fahrenheit
D. All of the above D. All of the above

2. When a liquid changes to a gas, we say it

5. When a gas changes to a liquid, we say it:
A. Condenses
B. Evaporates A. Evaporates
C. Freezes B. Freezes
D. All of the above C. Condenses
D. All of the above
3. What kind of change happens when matter changes into a
different kind of matter

A. Chemical change
B. Physical change
C. Changes in states of matter
D. All of the above