chemistry is killing me..

Definetly a thinkable question .. I am looking for the answer

WOW!!!! Cheers to your teacher for such an amazing question, have never thought about it. Fire comes from burning matter. My best guess would be: When you heat particles they atoms and molecules get excited. For them to return to their normal state they have to expel energy which they do in the form of Heat and Light which we percieve as 'Fire'. So not Fire is not matter but it is Energy. Whereas the 'flame' that is we see is hot glowing gases. So it is matter. Look up 'Fire' in wikipedia and you'll know what I'm saying. Hope this helps.

For a thing to fall under the category under matter, just remember that anything that occupies space and has weight is matter. You have also caught me there offguard. Definitely fire occupies space. As for the weight, I am tempted to say yes. I have never encountered any attempt by any person yet regarding trying to determine if fire has weight. Now, let us think about it. There is humidity in fire. There must be weight to it. Therefore, it is safe to conclude that fire is matter.

I would think you could argue that fire is matter, but heat is energy. Lash

Matter is anything which has a mass and which occupies a space that is has a volume. In this 'image' is not a matter and so fire is also not a matter.

I am sorry I can't understand you.What are you talking about?Could you please explain it clearerly?

Hmmmm, this is very interesting. Of all these responses you still do not have the answer do you? The good one above is the one that talks of making us think, We, as a society do so very little of this anymore it is good to see that maybe there is hope after all. I have no idea as to your original question but am glad that you were not given the answer so that you will have put the ol brain in gear and use it.

It can get a little iffy depending on how it is looked at. But fire is usually a chemical reaction between two or more elements, which are matter, such as hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms to get very basic or some carbon based material like wood that has been heated to a high enough temperature for a reaction to occur with other elements present. So on a very basic level, it seems that it could be considered to be matter since it also leaves another form of matter when it burns out such as ashes and gases released. I'm sure this can be put more elegantly.

Wow a real confusing one. I hope you come back here and tell me the correct answer when you know. I was really lousy in science and hated that subject

yes it is indeed a matter. Fire is matter. It is not a solid, not a liquid, but a gas. Fire contains gas molecules. It does occupies space and has a mass. But its mass is not that of a solid object, but a mass of a gas.

You could say that fire is both matter and energy, the atoms in whatever fuel is being burned, react with oxygen and give off energy in the form of heat and light but new molecules (fuel atoms plus oxygen atoms) have been created in order for that to happen, so they must also be floating in the flame as smoke/combustion products.....

That's really a tough one.I also knew that matter is anything that occupy space that has weight and has must. Maybe fire comes from matter i don't know..so hard to find the answer hope you find it soon.Good luck.

Hi denisepadin. That is a thought provoking question. Fire is matter. It is a gas. When you heat an object, it produces fire. The fire consumes the object. There is a chemical reaction taking event as the object burns. After the whole object is consumed, fire becomes a smoke and the remaining object becomes ashes.

Well Im personally not very adept in chemistry...in fact I hate that subject..it's very complicated for me however, I think that fire is a matter because all matter are made up of atom. And I assure you, there is definitely atoms in fire.