Lets Explore
Gases
by Anne J. Spaight
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Spaight, Anne J., 1983 author.
Title: Lets explore gases / by Anne J. Spaight.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2018] | Series: Bumba books.
A first look at physical science | Audience: A ges 47. | Audience: K to Grade 3.
| Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017024977 (print) | LCCN 2017019803 (ebook) | ISBN
9781512482720 (eb pdf) | ISBN 9781512482683 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN
9781541510814 (pb : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: GasesPropertiesJuvenile literature. |
MatterPropertiesJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QC161.2 (print) | LCC QC161.2 .S67 208 (ebook) | DDC
530.4/3dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017019803
Manufactured in the United States of America
1 CG 12/31/17
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Table of
Contents
What Are
Gases?
Matter is everything around us.
Gases are one type of matter.
Y ou cannot see most gases.
The air is made of gases.
We can see things that float
in gases.
Tiny water drops float
in gas.
This makes fog and clouds.
Y ou can feel gases.
Feel the wind.
See it blow in the trees.
Gases are in the
wind. What are
some things the
wind helps us do?
Gases have no shape.
They spread to fill
a container.
They escape if there
is no lid.
Helium is a gas.
We use it to fill balloons.
Helium makes balloons float.
We blow bubbles.
Bubbles are gas trapped in
a liquid.
What other liquids
can you blow
bubbles into?
Liquid boils into steam.
Steam is water vapor with
water drops floating in it.
Water vapor cannot be seen.
Water drops form on the outside
of a cold glass.
This is water vapor turning into liquid.
When have you seen
water drops on a
glass? Was it hot or
cold outside?
Breathe in and breathe out.
Gases are everywhere.
Picture Quiz
Which of these pictures show gases?
Picture Glossary
boils
makes bubbles
of vapor when
heated
fog
water vapor
suspended in the air
low to the ground
matter
something that
takes up space,
or has weight
vapor
a type of gas
Read More
Hanson-Harding, Alexandra. What Is Matter? New York: Britannica
Educational Publishing, 20.
Hoffmann, Sara E. Gases. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2013.
Midthun, Joseph. Matter and How It Changes. Chicago: World Book, 2012.