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    A lightning storm is an example of plasma, one of the known states of matter. Plasma is atoms in a very excited state and giving off light.

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      States of matter

      Anything that has mass is made up of matter – an all-encompassing word for atoms and molecules that make up our physical world. We describe this matter as existing in states (sometimes referred ...

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