Solid, liquid, gas

Words describing the different states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas), and words for changing from one to another.

• What words describe the states of matter?
  solid liquid gas
• What words describe the states of water?
  ice water steam
• What words refer to solids changing into liquids?
  melt melted melt down molten thaw liquefy soften dissolve soluble
• What words refer to liquids changing into solids?
  solidify harden dry bake freeze thicken stiffen set jell gel clot coagulate coagulation congeal crystallize crystallization precipitate precipitation curdle
• What words refer to gases changing into liquids?
  condense condensation dew distill
• What words refer to liquids changing into gases?
  boil evaporate evaporation vaporize steam
• What words refer to the temperature at which things change?
  melting point freezing point dew point boiling point

• Liquid
• Oil
• Gas