Question

A man sits on the grass eating a doughnut and sipping iced tea. The sun is a glowing

ball in the sky, making the air warm. He gets up and makes sure his chainsaw is filled
with gasoline. The fumes make him cough. He starts the motor, lifts his chainsaw,
and saws a branch off a tree. The branch falls to the ground, knocking over his iced
tea. By this time, the ice in his tea has completely melted. The tea pours over some
ants that were munching on doughnut crumbs. With renewed energy from the snack,
the ants grab their crumbs, lift them onto their backs, and scurry away.
a. List the four states, or phases, of matter and give one example of each from the
story above. (8 points)

Answer 1

Solid liquid gas or plasma. Solid would be ice cubes (frozen state), liquid would be the water inside of the glass, the gas would be when you take that same water and place it on a stovetop to bring to a boiling point. (Gas state) and finally the plasma state is when you your gas particles (from the gas state) if you heat the gas particles, they will turn to plasma.