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How about we look at each of the 3 states (we'll exclude aqueous) and how molecules are bound in each of them. You must understand this though: nomatter what, the molecules will be moving around. However, they bounce off of eachother, almost like the ball in the pinball machine.

  • In a solid, the molecules are extremely compacted, and so when they bounce, there is very little movement going on between them. Think of, in a pinball machine, when the ball gets stuck bouncing over and over between two of the objects. That is like a solid.
  • In a gas, the molecules are freely moving. They have no other molecules hitting them, and that is how they float around so easily.
  • In a liquid, the molecules bounce of eachother, but arent bonded to eachother, and so they each float freely off eachother, though still in the same vicinity, if that makes any sense.
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