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Definite volume? Yes, pretty much so; lead isn't compressible, so a particular mass or weight of lead will take a specific volume.
Shape? No. Lead is ductile when solid, so you can easily bend or shape it when solid, and it has a moderate melting temperature making it easy to melt to liquid, and then pour or cast the shape you want.
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∙ 7y agoBecause lead is (at room temperature) a solid metal, though in contrast to eg. iron or titanium it's rather soft.
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What is a form of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape?
The state of matter that has definite volume, but indefinite shape is the liquid state. A solid constantly has the same shape and volume. A wooden block (solid) will not change its shape or volume unless it is melted, but that would involve changing it from solid to liquid. A liquid constantly has the same volume, but its shape changes. Find a cylindrical container that has the same volume as a rectangular container. Fill the cylindrical container with water. Then, pour the water to the rectangular container. The shape of the water changed from cylindrical to rectangular and the volume remained the same, unless some water was dropped in the process. A gas has changing shape and volume. Find a small container full of a colored gas. Open in it inside a room. The gas will spread all over the room. Its volume changed from the volume of the container to the size of the room. Its shape has changed from the shape of the container to the shape of the room.
What has a definite shape and volume because its particles are packed tightly together and stay fixed in position?
This is the description of a solid.
Does a solid have a fixed shape?
A gas is a substance whose molecules are in constant, rapid, random motion. As a result, a gas will spread out and take on the shape and volume of whatever container it is in-whether a jar, a room, or the atmosphere! This is very different from a liquid or a solid. The molecules in a liquid do not move as fast as those in a gas. A liquid can take on the shape of its container but will keep the same volume, no matter what container it is in. The molecules in a solid just vibrate in place. That is why a solid will retain both its shape and its volume.
How do solids behave when put into a container?
A solid will stay compact. The molecules in the solid will be so tight that the solid will keep it's shape. Think of putting a brick in a cup, the brick will stay the same shape as opposed to putting water in a cup, which will take the shape of the cup.
What would happen to the pressure of a gas sealed container if the volume increases and the temperature stays the same?
If the temperature increases, then the volume of the gases cannot stay the same. The pressure will keep building until it overcomes the integrity of the container its contained in and causes an explosion.
If a liquid is poured from a tall bottle into a shallow pan does its shape or volume changes?
The shape can change, the volume will stay the same.
What is a kind of matter with a volume and a shape that both stay the same?
solid
When you heat a cool substance does the mass or volume change?
No, the mass and volume stay the same but the shape changes. Changes in state never change it's mass but if it changes to gas, the volume is unmeasurable.
Do solids and liquids change in size when taking the shape of its container?
No liquids and solids do not change size the volume, mass,density, and weight stay the same they just change shape.
If you cut a cube in half will the combined volume of the 2 halves be more less or the same?
The volume will stay the same, because you are not taking any volume away, nor adding any. Therefore the volume will stay the same.
What is a form of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape?
The state of matter that has definite volume, but indefinite shape is the liquid state. A solid constantly has the same shape and volume. A wooden block (solid) will not change its shape or volume unless it is melted, but that would involve changing it from solid to liquid. A liquid constantly has the same volume, but its shape changes. Find a cylindrical container that has the same volume as a rectangular container. Fill the cylindrical container with water. Then, pour the water to the rectangular container. The shape of the water changed from cylindrical to rectangular and the volume remained the same, unless some water was dropped in the process. A gas has changing shape and volume. Find a small container full of a colored gas. Open in it inside a room. The gas will spread all over the room. Its volume changed from the volume of the container to the size of the room. Its shape has changed from the shape of the container to the shape of the room.
Do lakes stay the same shape?
all lakes don't stay the same shape some water drifft off and some evaperate.
Do solids stay the same shape?
yes soilds do stay the same shape because the paritcals vibrations are very soft and are compact so much they can not move in any way shape or form
How are solids and liquids different that gases in terms of volume changed?
the volume of them all stay the same
When you move a polygon does the shape and size stay the same?
yes
Is it true or false that liquids take the shape of their container?
False, their shape does not stay the same
What happens to the volume of a rectangular prism if height is doubled and length and width stay the same?
its volume is also doubled...
