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How is water able to take the shape of the bottom of the container it is stored in?
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Water is a liquid, and its molecules move around freely, but still must respond to gravity. The molecules in liquid water do not have the ability to hold a shape by rigidly clinging to each other, so the liquid will take the shape of its container.
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The shape of the water molecule H2O?
Well, there is no shape to water. If you have a container the water takes on the shape of the container, but that is not the waters shape, it is the container that the water is in. So even though the water has formed into a shape, it is that containers shape and not the water's shape.
What takes the shape of its container and has no defined shape?
water
What is the shape of a liquid?
A liquid takes the shape of any solid that it is contained within. For example water within a square container will appear square, but water within a triangular container will appear triangular.
What defines a liquid?
Something that takes the shape of the container it is in. E.g. Water takes the shape of the container which it is in.
What type of container should water be stored in?
Plastic
What type of container water should be stored?
Plastic
When did scientists figure out that water takes the shape of a container?
People have known long before the invention of science that water takes the shape of its container.
Does water have a lopsided shape?
Since water is a liquid, it does not have any definite shape. It takes on the shape of its container.
Is water is base or acid?
Ultrapure water stored in a platinum container is neutral.
Water should be stored in this type container?
plastic bottles
Why is water call a liquid?
at room temperature, water is considered a liquid because it has a definite volume (it does not expand to fill its container like a gas) but not a definite shape (it takes the shape of its container, as opposed to a solid which keeps its shape regardless of the container it is in).
What happened to the shape of water as you transferred it from one container to another?
the same shape
