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States of matter

Upper Primary 6 questions
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What states of matter means

You learn how solids, liquids and gases are different by their shape and volume. This helps you describe everyday changes, such as ice melting or water flowing.

What you will practise

  • Identify solids, liquids and gases from simple examples.
  • Match each state to its shape and volume.
  • Choose the correct change when a material melts.
  • Use everyday situations to tell one state from another.

Before you start

You should already know common objects and materials from daily life. It also helps if you can compare things by shape and size.

Worked example

One question from this skill's own question bank, shown with its full working.

Question

Which of these is a solid?

  • water
  • stone
  • steam
  • palm oil
Answer: stone

Working: A stone keeps a fixed shape and volume — it is a solid.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Thinking liquids have a fixed shape; remember they take the container’s shape.
  • Calling any flowing material a gas; check whether it keeps its volume.
  • Mixing up melting with freezing; melting goes from solid to liquid.
  • Using the object’s name instead of its state; focus on the material itself.

Curriculum and exam alignment

Ghana GES Basic 4 to 6 syllabusGroundwork for the BECE

In Upper Primary, this usually appears within work on matter and its properties. It supports class tests and school-based assessment, and it builds a base for later BECE science questions.

Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.

Related skills

Other Matter & Our Environment skills in Science, at the same point in the course.

Other Science topics

My WorldLiving Things Around UsSHS SciencesUniversity ScienceBiologyChemistry

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Exams that assess states of matter

Upper Primary work on this skill feeds directly into these exam papers. Each page lists the Science topics that appear on it.

GESGES practice questionsFree GES practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.BECEBECE practice questionsListed as a related subject on the BECE practice page.

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