Interactive science worksheet for children to classify items by their state of matter—solid, liquid, or gas.

Let’s go step by step to sort each item into the correct state of matter: Solid, Liquid, or Gas.

First, remember:
- Solids keep their shape and don’t flow. You can hold them.
- Liquids take the shape of their container and can be poured.
- Gases spread out to fill any space — you usually can’t see them (except sometimes like steam or clouds).

Now let’s look at each item one by one:

1. Steam → This is water vapor. It floats in the air. That’s a gas.
2. Apple → You can hold it. It doesn’t change shape unless you cut it. That’s a solid.
3. Balloon → Wait! The balloon itself is solid (rubber), but what’s inside? Usually air or helium — which are gases. But since the picture shows inflated balloons floating, we’re meant to think of the *air inside* as gas. So this goes under gas.
4. Ice → Frozen water. Hard and keeps its shape. That’s a solid.
5. Pencil → You can pick it up. Doesn’t flow. That’s a solid.
6. Milk → You pour it from a carton. Takes the shape of your glass. That’s a liquid.
7. Soup → Usually hot liquid with stuff in it, but mostly flows. That’s a liquid.
8. Cloud → Made of tiny water droplets or ice crystals, but overall it floats and spreads — scientists classify cloud as part of the atmosphere, so often grouped with gas for simple sorting. (Note: Technically clouds are aerosols, but for elementary level, they’re treated as gas.)
9. Juice → Pourable. Takes shape of cup. That’s a liquid.
10. Car → Big metal object. Keeps its shape. That’s a solid.
11. Water → Flows, pours, takes container shape. That’s a liquid.
12. Wind → Moving air. Air is a gas. So wind = moving gas → gas.

Now let’s group them:

✔ SOLID: apple, ice, pencil, car
✔ LIQUID: milk, soup, juice, water
✔ GAS: steam, balloon, cloud, wind

Wait — did we miss anything? Let’s double-check:

Original list: steam, apple, balloon, ice, pencil, milk, soup, cloud, juice, car, water, wind → 12 items total.

We have:
- Solid: 4 items ✔️
- Liquid: 4 items ✔️
- Gas: 4 items ✔️

Perfect — all accounted for.

Final Answer:
SOLID: apple, ice, pencil, car
LIQUID: milk, soup, juice, water
GAS: steam, balloon, cloud, wind