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Gas has the same shape as its container fills. But some gases are visible.

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Q: A state of matter that always has the same shape as the container it fills. You can not see this matter?
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What state of matter will always take the shape and volume of its container?

the state of matter that changes shape when placed in a different container is water


What is a state of matter that has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container?

Liquid. You can measure the exact volume of a liquid but you can put it into containers that changes the shape of the liquid.


A form of matter that has its own shape and volume?

Solids are the type of matter with contain their own shape. Liquids take the shape of the container they are in and gasses fill their container, so therefore, solids are the type of matter which have a shape of their own.


What describes the properties of a liquid?

it completely fills its container, takes the shape of its container


List properties of a liquid?

A liquid has a definite volume but an indefinite shape. It takes the shape of its container.


It has no definite shape and fills its container?

A gas has no definite shape and will fill any container it's in.


Which state of matter will fill a container completely?

All four states of matter could fill a container completely if there was enough of them.That said the properties of the 3 states of matter (that you need to know about for high/secondary school) are:Solid - Fixed shape and fixed volume.Liquid - No fixed shape but fixed volume.Gas - No fixed shape, no fixed volume and fill the space available.A large enough volume of liquid or solid could fill a container completely but only the smallest amount of a gas will fill the whole container.


What is no definte shape and no definte volume?

A gas has no definite shape or volume. It fills up its container.


When a gas is cooled does it's shape stay the same?

A gas has the property that it always fills the (closed) container it is in. And it always therefore has the shape of the container. Cool it too much and it may liquify, or solidiffy. And then it's not a gas. If you cool a free atmosphere around a planet, gravity ensures that it largely has the same shape.


What form of matter takes shape of container that it occupies?

Both a liquid and a gas take the shape of their containers. The difference is that the liquid has a definite volume, and the gas simply diffuses to all portions of the container it is put in.


Something that keeps the same volume but fills the shape of its container is called?

A liquid.


What State Of Matter Takes The Shape Of It's Container?

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (with solid, liquid and plasma being the other states). It has the distinction of taking both the shape and the volume of the container that it is in. If you want to include plasma, that too will expand - acting like a gas. So will supercritical fluids which might be considered gases by some definitions, but not by others..