by Jennifer Boothroyd Liquid? W h a t I s a THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK a Lerner Publications Company · Minneapolis Liquid? W h a t I s a by Jennifer Boothroyd All things are made of matter. 2 Matter is anything that takes up space. 3 4 There are three kinds of matter. 5 A liquid is a kind of matter. 6 A liquid does not have its own shape. 7 A liquid takes the shape of its container. 8 Water is a liquid. It flows. [...]...Paint is a liquid It drips 9 Juice is a liquid You can pour it 10 Heating a liquid can change it 11 Heating can change a liquid into a gas 12 Water becomes steam 13 Cooling a liquid can change it 14 Cooling can change a liquid into a solid 15 Water freezes into ice 16 Look around What liquids do you see? 17 18 Which one has the most liquid? Look at the picture Which container has the most liquid. .. liquids are mixed together, they make a new liquid Chocolate milk is one example Some liquids do not make a new liquid when they are mixed together Oil and water will stay separate in a jar Liquids can be thick or thin Thick liquids like honey and syrup flow slowly Thin liquids like water and juice flow quickly 20 Evaporation happens when a liquid dries up The liquid changes to a gas and becomes part... the vase? This was a trick question All three containers have the same amount of liquid Liquids take the shape of their containers The shape and size of a container may make it look like it has more or less liquid than other containers do Try this experiment: pour the same amount of liquid into differentsized containers Does it look like they have different amounts of liquid in them? 19 Fun Facts When... of the air On some mornings, everything outside is covered with drops of water These drops are called dew Dew forms when the water in the air cools and changes from a gas into a liquid On very cold days, dew freezes It becomes a solid called frost 21 Glossary gas – something that is not a liquid and takes the shape of its container liquid – something that flows matter – anything that takes up space solid... something that has a definite shape steam – water that has become a gas 22 Index change – 11, 12, 14, 15, 21 container – 7, 19 cooling – 14, 15, 21 evaporation – 21 gas – 12, 21 heating – 11, 12 solid – 15, 21 23 Copyright © 2007 by Lerner Publications Company All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form... Studios/Photodisc Blue/Getty Images, p 17; © Erica Johnson/Independent Picture Service, p 18 Lerner Publications Company a division of Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S .A Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boothroyd, Jennifer, 1972– What is a liquid? / by Jennifer Boothroyd p cm — (First step nonfiction) Includes index ISBN-13:... transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review The photographs in this book are used with the permission of: © Photodisc/Photodisc Green/Getty Images, front cover; PhotoDisc Royalty Free by Getty Images, pp 2, 3, 4 (right),... Todd Strand/Independent Picture Service, pp 4 (top), 6, 9, 14; © Ryan McVay/Photodisc Green/Getty Images, pp 4 (bottom), 5, 22 (second from top); Comstock Images, p 7; © Sam Lund/Independent Picture Service, p 10; © Nana Twumasi/Independent Picture Service, pp 11, 12, 22 (top); © Marta Johnson/Independent Picture Service, pp 15, 22 (second from bottom); © Michael T Sedam/CORBIS, p 16; © Buccina Studios/Photodisc... step nonfiction) Includes index ISBN-13: 978–0–8225–6838–4 (lib bdg : alk paper) ISBN-10: 0–8225–6838–1 (lib bdg : alk paper) 1 Liquids—Juvenile literature 2 Fluid mechanics—Juvenile literature I Title II Series QC145.24.B66 2007 530.4'2—dc22 2006006304 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – DP – 12 11 10 09 08 07 eISBN-13: 978-0-8225-8787-3 . flows. 9 Paint is a liquid. It drips. 10 Juice is a liquid. You can pour it. 11 Heating a liquid can change it. 12 Heating can change a liquid into a gas. 13 Water becomes steam. 14 Cooling a liquid can change. that takes up space. 3 4 There are three kinds of matter. 5 A liquid is a kind of matter. 6 A liquid does not have its own shape. 7 A liquid takes the shape of its container. 8 Water is a liquid. . Boothroyd Liquid? W h a t I s a THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK a Lerner Publications Company · Minneapolis Liquid? W h a t I s a by Jennifer Boothroyd All things are made of matter. 2 Matter is anything