2006-11-28 11:11:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Solid- molecules move slowly, can not be compressed, do not take the shape of their container.
Liquid- molecules slide past one another, can not be compressed and take the shape of their container.
Gas- molecules move in a rapid, random motion, can take the shape of their container and can be compressed
2006-11-28 11:19:44 · answer #1 · answered by Robert O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's been a few years (grade school ~1950) but I think my teacher said: All solids have a defined shape AND a defined volume, but liquids don't have a defined shape, and gases don't have either a defined shape OR a defined volume.
Liquids have a defined volume, but gases don't.
Gases expand to fill the shape AND size of whatever container holds them; liquids and solids don't, but liquids do assume the shape of the part of the container that holds them.
2006-11-28 19:28:41 · answer #2 · answered by hevans1944 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chemhelper.com or google those three words
2006-11-28 19:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋