What are the 3 states of matter by telling their characteristics relating to volume, shape and the particles?

Answer 1

Solid State
Liquid State
Gas State
See Characteristics Below...

Solids (Characteristics) #-># In a solid, particles are packed tightly together so they are unable to move about very much.

#-># Particles of a solid have very low kinetic energy.

#-># The electrons of each atom are in motion, so the atoms have a small vibration, but they are fixed in their position.

#-># Solids have a definite shape.

#-># They do not conform to the shape of the container in which they are placed.

#-># They also have a definite volume.

#-># The particles of a solid are already so tightly packed together that increasing pressure will not compress the solid to a smaller volume.

Liquids (Characteristics) #-># In the liquid phase, the particles of a substance have more kinetic energy than those in a solid.

Liquids have a specific volume because the particles are held very close to one another even though they are not held in a regular arrangement.

#-># Liquids, like solids, cannot be compressed.

#-># Particles of a liquid have just enough room to flow around each other, so liquids have an indefinite shape.

#-># A liquid will change shape to conform to its container.

#-># Force is spread evenly throughout the liquid, so when an object is placed in a liquid, the liquid particles are displaced by the object.

Gases (Characteristics) #-># Gas particles have a great deal of space between them and have high kinetic energy.

#-># When a gas is put under pressure by reducing the volume of the container, the space between particles is reduced, and the pressure exerted by their collisions increases.

#-># If the volume of the container is held constant, but the temperature of the gas increases, then the pressure will also increase.

#-># Gas particles have enough kinetic energy to overcome inter-molecular forces that hold solids and liquids together. thus a gas has no definite volume and no definite shape.

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Answer 2

Luna Chen

Solid: Definite volume and shape, particles closely packed in a fixed arrangement.
Liquid: Definite volume but no fixed shape, particles close together but can move.
Gas: No definite volume or shape, particles are widely spaced and move freely.

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