Exploring Types of Matter
A second-grade science worksheet to help students understand and identify different types of matter: solids, liquids, and gases.
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Exploring Types of Matter
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Remember what you learned about solids, liquids, and gases!
1. Which of these is a solid?
Water
Milk
Rock
Air
2. A liquid takes the shape of its .
Color
Container
Size
Smell
3. A solid has its own shape and does not change. For example, a chair is a .
4. When you boil water, it turns into steam, which is a .
5. You can pour a like juice from one cup to another.
6. All gases can be seen with your eyes.
True
False
7. An ice cube is an example of a solid.
True
False
8. Look at the image below. What states of matter do you see?

Use the words below to complete the sentences.
9. A block of wood is a .
10. The air we breathe is a .
11. Juice in a glass is a .