Phase Change Exploration
Explore the different states of matter and how substances change from one state to another with this interactive science worksheet for Grade 4.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand how matter changes states.
1. What state of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume?
Liquid
Gas
Solid
Plasma
2. What happens to water when it freezes?
It turns into a gas.
It turns into a solid.
It turns into a liquid.
It disappears.
3. When a liquid turns into a gas, it is called .
4. The process of a gas changing into a liquid is called .
5. Ice is an example of water in the state.
6. Heating a solid can make it melt into a liquid.
True
False
7. When water boils, it turns directly into steam (a gas).
True
False
8. Describe one way you have seen a phase change happen in your everyday life. (e.g., ice melting, water boiling, dew forming)
9. Look at the image below of the water cycle. Identify and label two different phase changes occurring in the diagram.

Phase Change 1:
Phase Change 2: