Mapping

      Concept Map1:  Properties of Matter

Matter is defined as anything that occupies space and has mass.

Matter is all around us. Everything in the world is made up of matter. For example, your textbook, trees, table, water, rocks, air, wind, sand the moon and the stars are all made up of matter.

All living things, too, are made up of matter. Some of these substances cannot be broken into anything simpler or any other substance. Examples of living things are plants and animals. Non-living things are materials.

Materials are divided into metals and non metals. Materials exist as element, compound and mixture.

The study of matter begins with the study of its properties.