Matter is everything around us that takes up space. There are three states of Matter. The Three states of matter are liquid, gas, and solids. One liquid is water. One type gas is carbon dioxide. one type of solid is a wooden table. An other type of liquid is juice An other type of gas is propane for a Bar-Bee-Que pit! Using adjectives we identified characteristics of different objects. Some things we identified were the size, shape, weight and if we think it floats.