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Water exists in three states of matter that
are known as solid, liquid, and gas.

Water in the solid state is known as ice.
Water in the liquid state is known as water. ice water vapour
Water in the gas state is known as water vapour. water

THREE STATES OF MATTER
LET’S TEST
LET’S TEST THREE STATES OF MATTER
OF WATER
OF WATER
AIM To investigate the three states of matter of water.

APPARATUS AND Crucible, Bunsen burner, tripod stand, wire gauze,
MATERIALS stopwatch, and ice cubes.

STEPS

1. Place an ice cube in the crucible. 2. Prepare the apparatus as shown
Record the state of matter of the in the picture.
ice.
3. Start the stopwatch and heat the 4. Continue heating until the water is
crucible containing the ice cube almost dried up. Turn off the Bunsen
for two minutes. Then, observe burner.
the changes.
Be careful when handling
5. Record your observations in the the Bunsen burner.
table as shown below.

Step Observation
(a) What are the changes in the states of
Step 1 matter of the water that can be observed?
Step 3 (b) What can you summarise from the
Step 4
above activity?
(c) Name the three states of matter of water.

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