Question

In the paragraph below, write solid, liquid or gas in each of the brackets depending on the substance referred to just before.
On a bright sunny day, Riya and Gargi are playing with a ball ( ) in the park. Gargi feels thirsty. So, Riya brings tender coconut water ( ) for her. At the same time, a strong breeze ( ) starts blowing and it also begins to rain ( ). They run back into the house ( ), change their clothes ( ) and then their mother gives them a cup ( ) of hot milk ( ) to drink.

Answer 1

Hint: Solids are chemical substances that are closely packed and have a definite shape, with low volume.
Liquids are chemical substances that are loosely packed and tell the shape of a container with large volume compared to solids.
Gases are chemical substances that are very much loosely packed and take the shape of a container, and occupy a very large volume compared to solids and liquids.

Complete answer:
Matter is the substance that occupies space and has a mass. Matter is composed of elements.
Matter exists in different phases. Commonly, there are three different phases. The different phases are solid, liquid and gas.
Solids are hard, occupy space i…e.., a small volume and have a definite shape.
Some examples of solids are balls, houses, clothes, and cups.
The above examples are hard to touch and occupy space and have a definite shape.
Liquids are substances that occupy space and do not have the shape of their own, but occupy the shape of a container.
Some of the examples of liquids are rain, milk and water.
Gases are substances that occupy a very small volume and do not have a shape of their own but take the shape of a container.
Some of the examples of gases are breeze, water vapor.
Thus, the given paragraph can be written as on a bright sunny day, Riya and Gargi are playing with a ball (Solid) in the park. Gargi feels thirsty. So, Riya brings tender coconut water (Liquid) for her. At the same time, a strong breeze (Gas) starts blowing and it also begins to rain (Liquid). They run back into the house (Solid), change their clothes (Solid) and then their mother gives them a cup (Solid) of hot milk (Liquid) to drink.

Note:
While dividing or naming the matter into phases, the phases must be identified properly.
Breeze is a strong wind, we know that wind is an air flow containing gases, thus it belongs to gas.
Water can exist in three phases, while naming the rain the liquid phase must be considered.