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a liquid has molecules that flow around faster than a solid and it takes the shape of it's container, unlike a solid, and you can feel and see liquid unlike gas. Liquid can also change to three of the four states of matter naturally (solid,gas,liquid,and plasma), a rare quality for a state of matter.

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A liquid has no definite volume because if you pour it into a circle glass and then pour it into a square glass it will still be a liquid. A solid has a definite volume and definite shape and gas has no definite shape or no definite amount.

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The bonds between molecules of a liquid are different than bonds in a solid. Generally (with exceptions) liquids have polar covalent bonds and solids have ionic bonds.

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