Monday, August 23, 2010

Define Matter


Here in this blog wev are going to discuss about one physics topic define matter.
Matter can exist in various phases: solid, liquid, gas, or plasma. Most substances can transition between these phases based on the amount of heat the material absorbs

Matter can be identified by certain properties or behaviour. 
Balloons, football and orange juice are all examples of matter having certain properties.
Matter is an entity that takes up space and occupies it. The amount of space occupied by any matter is called its volume.
Watch the difference in the levels of the pans of the weighing scale shown here
The inflated balloon has air in it and is therefore heavier than the deflated one.

Air is matter and matter has weight.
Observe that the ice sinks down by the force of the juice that’s being poured.
The force exerted by matter is called its pressure

Matter can be identified by certain characters, like it has weight ,occupies space and exerts pressure.
This all about what is matter. But along with the matter definition you should know the various types of matter.
Next blog we will learn more about this concept along with some examples.

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