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A gas has no definite shape or volume.
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Use what you know about the particles in a gas to explain why a gas has no definite shape and no definite volume?
By definition. There are 4 basic states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. That type which has no definite volume or shape is defined, in physical science, as a gas. Solids have a definite shape and are (practically) not compressible, so their volume is also well defined. Liquids are not compressible, but they can take any shape, liquid meaning fluid (able to flow.) Gasses are fluids which can easily be compressed, so they have no definite volume or shape. Their volume depends upon the pressure applied. Gasses are not particles. Balloons may take any shape and are always filled with some gas. Plasma is a special case of a gas, so hot and excited that its electrons cannot stay bound to its atomic nucleus. That state of matter which has no definite shape or volume is called a gas.
What type of matter can change shape and volume?
The matter that can change shape and volume is gas.
Does rock have a definite shape?
Well, a specific rock takes up a specific amount of space, as well as a specific shape. Depending on the type of rock, you can change that definite shape by chipping or cracking it.
which type of matter has an indefinite shape and an indefinite volume?
gas
In which type of wave is energy transmitted in a definite direction and with definite speed?
A traveling wave is a type of wave in which energy is transmitted in a definite direction and with a definite speed.
What type of Matter that has definite shape but no definite volume?
The type of matter with a definite volume but no fixed shape is a liquid. In a gas, there is no definite volume or shape, and in a solid there is a fixed shape and definite volume. A liquid is free to adopt of shape of its container, but its volume is fixed.
Type of matter that does not have a definite shape but it does have a definite amount of space?
liquid
What type of matter has no definite volume and no definite shape?
gas
What type of matter has its own shape but no definite volume?
A gas.
Type of matter that has a definite volume but can change shape?
A plastic or fluid.
Do not have a definite shape but they have a definite volume?
WATER has no definite shape but has definite volume.
What a solid liquid and gas have in common?
take up space and have particles
In what type of matter are atoms most tightly packed?
Matter that has a definite shape and volume is in solid state.
What is the matter that changes in shape size or type but remains the same substance?
JELLO!
What galaxy type without a definite shape?
Irregular.
Use what you know about the particles in a gas to explain why a gas has no definite shape and no definite volume?
By definition. There are 4 basic states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. That type which has no definite volume or shape is defined, in physical science, as a gas. Solids have a definite shape and are (practically) not compressible, so their volume is also well defined. Liquids are not compressible, but they can take any shape, liquid meaning fluid (able to flow.) Gasses are fluids which can easily be compressed, so they have no definite volume or shape. Their volume depends upon the pressure applied. Gasses are not particles. Balloons may take any shape and are always filled with some gas. Plasma is a special case of a gas, so hot and excited that its electrons cannot stay bound to its atomic nucleus. That state of matter which has no definite shape or volume is called a gas.
What type of matter can change shape and volume?
The matter that can change shape and volume is gas.
