everything around you is made of matter. scientists group matter based on its propertie , or characteristics what it look like and how it acts in different situation. matter can take three different forms. the three forms are soild,liquid andgas
solid matter has a definite shape. it aiso takes up a definite amount of speace. this means has a very specific volume. if could look at soil metter under a very powerflu microscope, you would see its tiny particles moving back and forth.the particles are packed together,so they vibrate in spece. their overall shape dose not change.