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.
Liquids assume the shape of their container, but have a definite volume. Gases, by contrast, fill the shape AND volume of the container.
Substances which take the shape of a container are said to have an "Indefinite Shape" or fluids
A gas takes the shape of and completely fills the container in which it is placed.
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A gas will take on the size and shape of a container. Liquids and solids will not.
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..
Matter in the liquid state can take the shape of a container. However, a liquid has a definite volume. On the other hand, a gas can do both, that is take the shape and volume or size of a container.
1. Volume is fixed. 2. Shape is not fixed (takes the shape of container) 3. Incompressible.
Only liquid. Gas never has a definite volume. Both will always take the shape of their container though.A liquid
Both a gas and a liquid will take the shape of its container.
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Of its container? Liquids and gasses.
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gases and liquids
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liquid,gas,and solid