Solid, liquid gas (SEE ALSO Water cycle - earth science) Misconceptions

Concept

Matter takes up space and has unique properties.

Misconceptions

Matter is always small
Particles are side by side or there are air particles.
There is air between air molecules.
Materials can only have properties of one state of matter
Energy, heat and/or sound are forms of matter.
Food is a solid, toys are, window, something that is hard, it doesn't break, wood, you can feel it, you can look at it.
Particles of solids have no motion
Liquid is something you can drink, sugar is liquid you can drink, fruit is liquid because it is juicy,
Ice is a liquid, an igloo is liquid
Solids are never hollow, have no holes,
Solids are heavy, hard, hard to carry,
A liquid is flat, runny
You can feel it, you can push it
A liquid is gas (gasoline)
Liquids are not matter because we drink them
Liquids are things you drink
Liquids spill and run all over
Liquids can be compressed (liquids in a plastic bottle).
Liquids have water in them
The thicker the liquid the heavier, more dense it is
Only water can melt, boil, freeze
Gases are not matter because they are invisible
Gases have no mass
Gases float
Smoke is a gas.
When things burn they all turn into a gas or all turns into smoke.
Most gases are poisonous
Air and oxygen are the same thing
Helium and hot are the same thing
Gases are invisible
Gas is a fart.
Gas is gasoline, natural gas, propane
Gas is black
Gas is flat
Gas is a structure - tent, building
Air is not a gas.
Air particles float.
Air particles are not moving when there is no wind.
Air has no mass, it is light because we can not see it, air does not take up space.
Air had no mass or negative weight.
Air is not affected by gravity.
Helium has negative weight.
Air is about the size of dust particles in air.
Matter is not conserved, it disappears or appears during processes such as dissolving, burning, evaporation, boiling, rotting, respiration, rusting, condensation, and growth of plants.