2007-09-13 18:06:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
You can change the shape by putting it in a different container.
You can change the volume by heating it (think mercury thermometer)
If you wanted to change both at once you could add something to the liquid (for exampple dropping a human in a bath tub changes the volume and, technically, changes the shape too).
Good luck
Oz
2007-09-13 18:13:50 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Oz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use liquid water. Pour the water into a container of the shape you want and freeze it; that will change the shape and volume at the same time as water expands on freezing .(not by much) But make sure the material you use for the container will allow expansion even upon freezing. Some plastic containers should do.Technically ice is not a liquid but if you pour the water into even a paper container and heat it it also expands. (again not by much)
Most liquids are incompressible, but some can be made to compress under extremely high pressure; this is the springiness in "liquid springs" used in aircraft. They retain the shape of the container.
2007-09-14 01:30:45 · answer #2 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a liquid it will take on the shape of its container. As to volume, changing the temperature of the liquid will change it's volume correspondingly.
2007-09-14 01:23:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pour less than the full amount from one shaped container to another, thus changing both the volume and the shape.
2007-09-14 01:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by Just wonderin' 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pour it into a different container, then boil it. Or freeze it. Or add more to it. Or dump some out.
2007-09-14 01:14:33 · answer #5 · answered by _scarlet_begonia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋