No, a liquid does not necessarily fill the container it is in; however liquids always take the shape of their container.
No, small amounts of liquids do not fill a large container. The volume of the liquid stays the same, regardless of the size of the container it is placed in.
yes
Gravity. The gravitational pull of the Earth will exert a force on anything with a mass and pull it towards the centre of the Earth. As we're essentially standing on the surface of a sphere, the centre of the Earth is pretty much straight down and gravity will pull liquids to the bottom of any container.
Gas spreads out to fill any type of container
Solids and liquids both have fixed volumes... in that if they are put into a container, they will not expand to fill the container. Gases on the other hand, do the exact opposite - they expand to fill their containers, thus not having fixed volumes.
they do not have a set volume, thus they completely fill any container that they are in.
they do not have a set volume, thus they completely fill any container that they are in.
No, small amounts of liquids do not fill a large container. The volume of the liquid stays the same, regardless of the size of the container it is placed in.
The two states of matter that take the shape of their container are gases and liquids. Gases have no fixed shape or volume and will expand to fill any container, while liquids have a fixed volume but take the shape of their container.
yes
Gravity. The gravitational pull of the Earth will exert a force on anything with a mass and pull it towards the centre of the Earth. As we're essentially standing on the surface of a sphere, the centre of the Earth is pretty much straight down and gravity will pull liquids to the bottom of any container.
Gas spreads out to fill any type of container
Solids and liquids both have fixed volumes... in that if they are put into a container, they will not expand to fill the container. Gases on the other hand, do the exact opposite - they expand to fill their containers, thus not having fixed volumes.
Liquids take the shape of the container that they are in.
Solids have a definite shape and volume. Liquids have a definite volume, but no definite shape - they take the shape of their container. Gases have no definite volume and no definite shape - they expand to fill their entire container.
Superfluidity
Gases can take the shape and size of any container because they have particles with high kinetic energy that move freely and independently. This allows them to fill and conform to the shape of their container.