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The answer depends on the solid.

If you dumped a large solid metal cube into a truck, it would not "spread outward" to fill a container.

If you dumped small BBs (think BB gun BBs) into the same truck, the BBs would spread out & fill the container (if you poured enough of the BBs into the container to fill it). Both are solids, but one solid will not 'spread out' like the others.

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The answer depends on the solid. If you dumped a large solid metal cube into a truck, it would not "spread outward" to fill a container. If you dumped small BBs (think BB gun BBs) into the same truck, the BBs would spread out & fill the container (if you poured enough of the BBs into the container to fill it). Both are solids, but one solid will not 'spread out' like the others.


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Can solids fill in a glass container?

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Which state of matter spread out until they fill the container no matter how big the container is?

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What is the state of matter that expands to fill it's container?

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