Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids

We would see that the particles in the gas are far apart. The
spaces between the particles are huge compared to the size of the
particles themselves. These spaces are empty! We call this a
vacuum. This explains why gases can be compressed - they can be
squeezed into a smaller shape by pushing them closer together.
We can make the spaces between them smaller. VISIT
The particles of agas are always moving freely. If they are in a
closed container, they will spread out to fill the whole container. If
they are in an open container they will not stay inside for long.
They will flow out of the container, and disperse (disperse means
to spread out over an area or space.)
The particles in agas.
ACTIVITY: Pretending to be particles!
In this activity we are going to pretend to be particles! We are
going to behave in the same way that particles do in the 3dierent
states of matter.
Your teacher will divide the class into groups and then we will go
through the dierent states pretending to be the particles!
Chapter 1. Solids, liquids and gases
Acting out the states
of matter (video).
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