Matter is everything around you. Matter is anything made of atoms
and molecules. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. Note that, mass is the amount of stuff in an object. Even though matter can be found all over the Universe, you
only find it in a few forms. Scientists have identified five
physical states of matter. Each of those states is sometimes called a phase.
1. Solids
2. Liquids
3. Gases
4. Plasmas and one state called
5. The Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC).