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OCR: Plasma MATTER in the form of electrically charged particles PLASMA forms when a gas is charged with stron electric current The current splits up the gas atoms enabling them to conduct electricity well. The visible results are bright lines ofhot gas. Plasma occurs inside the sun and stars. but not normally on Earth. 1t has been classed as the fourth state ofmatter strong