Anything which occupies space and has mass is called matter.
Living and Non-living things around us are made up of matter.
According to ancient Indian philosophers living or non-living thing, was made up of five basic elements (panch tatva): air, earth, fire, sky and water.
Matter is classified based on the physical properties and chemical nature.
Matter is classified as solid, liquid and gas on the basis of physical properties.
Matter is classified as elements, compounds and mixtures on the basis of chemical nature.
John Dalton a British chemist provided the basic theory about the nature of matter. He proposed that matter is made up of large number of very small indivisible particles called atoms.
