| Milk is a liquid. Milk is liquid
matter. It has a size or volume. Volume means it takes up space. But
milk doesn't have a definite shape. It takes the shape of its
container.
Liquids can flow, be poured, and spilled. Did you ever spill juice?
Did you notice how the liquid goes everywhere and you have to hurry
and wipe it up? The liquid is taking the shape of the floor and the
floor is expansive limitless boundary (until it hits the wall). You
can't spill a wooden block. You can drop it and it still has the
same shape.
What about Jello and peanut
butter?
You
can spread peanut butter on bread, but peanut butter does not flow.
It is not a liquid at room temperature. You have to heat peanut
butter up to make it a liquid. When you or your mom makes Jello, it
is first a liquid. You have to put it in the refrigerator so that it
becomes a solid. These are yummy forms of matter with properties of
a liquid and a solid. |
