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It will completely fill the container.

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Q: How does a gas take up the shape of a container?
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What is something that will always take up the shape and volume of its container?

Air (a gas).


Why do liquids take up the shape but gas fills the container?

The intermolecular forces between gas molecules are weaker.


What determines the shape and volume of a a gas inside a container?

The shape of the containerA property of a gas is that it expands to fill the shape and volume of a container. An exception may be the case where there is more than one gas and the heavier gasses will tend to settle to the bottom of the container.


What determines the shape a volume of a gas inside a container?

The shape of the gas is determined by the shape of the container (assuming that there is enough gas to fill the container). The volume of the gas is determined by the volume of the container (again assuming that there is enough gas present to fill the container.). When a gas is introduced into any container, it will assume the size and shape of the container if the container is filled. The exception to this rule might be if the pressure of the gas introduced is great enough to influence the shape of the container (i.e. blowing up a balloon).


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..


What has no difinite shape but takes up the container?

liquidsame with gas too i guess. the earth is it's container. gas doesn't have a definite shape. neither does liquid.


Does gas keep the shape of its container?

Depends on the strength of the container. A balloon, for instance, won't keep it's shape but a glass jar can within proportion. See Boyle's Law. I oppose gas does not keep the shape of anything that has yet to be inviented


I cannot be picked up I take the shape of any container I am in what am I?

You're a gas. A real hoot.. Your not a gass your actually a liquid. . :)


Can liquids shape themselves?

Liquids will take up the shape of the container.


What is no definte shape and no definte volume?

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


When sand is placed in a container why doesn't it take on the shape of the container?

This is because sand is very tiny. Thus, it will stack up and take the shape of the container. Sand is solid so it has a definite shape. Adam the pro


How is solid different from gas?

Gas expands to fill up it's container, while if solids are put into the same container, the will not expand. They will stay the same size and shape.