💧Ice is a solid. Water is a liquid. Steam is a gas.

🌍These three are common states of matter on Earth.

🧊A solid, like an ice cube, keeps its shape.

🥤A liquid flows. It takes the shape of its cup.

📦A gas spreads out. It fills the whole box it is in.

🍲Heat water enough. It turns into a gas, called steam.

💦Evaporation is liquid water changing into water vapor, a gas.

🌧️Water vapor turns back to liquid water. That is condensation.

🧊Ice floats on water.

Words to know

• solid: keeps its shape
• liquid: flows
• gas: spreads out
• steam: water as gas