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Compare Solids, Liquids and Gases - Practice 1

Use familiar samples under the stated conditions.

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Use familiar samples under the stated conditions. A solid has its own shape, a liquid flows while keeping roughly the same volume, and a gas spreads to fill its available container. These are simplified models.

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An ice cube is solid water. After melting, liquid water takes the shape of the bottom of its container.

Three particle models: solid particles closely arranged in a fixed pattern, liquid particles close together without a fixed pattern, and gas particles spread through a container. Six dots appear in each schematic panel; scale and motion are simplified.
Three particle models: solid particles closely arranged in a fixed pattern, liquid particles close together without a fixed pattern, and gas particles spread through a container. Six dots appear in each schematic panel; scale and motion are simplified.
Question 1 What state of matter describes an ice cube below freezing?
Question 2 What state of matter describes liquid water in a cup?
Question 3 What state of matter describes air in a balloon?
Question 4 What state of matter describes a wooden block on a desk?
Question 5 What state of matter describes cooking oil flowing in a bottle?