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In a solid the atoms are tightly packed together and vibrate in place, in a liquid the atoms are loosely packed together and can move past each other, and in a gas the atoms are far apart and move freely and collide frequently.

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Why do most solids expand on heating?

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What is the difference between gasses solids and liquids?

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Why do gasses easily take the shape and volume of their containers while solids do not?

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Why can't a gas move a solid?

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How can temperature change matter?

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Solids are generally heavy while gases are light explain?

Solids tend to be heavier because they have more atoms in less area (density) and the reason they have more atoms in less area is because they have an atomic attraction between them that is much greater than that of gasses and liquids (liquids have no atomic attraction and gasses tend to repel themselves) Now gasses whose atoms repel against themselves are much more disperse and occupy a lot more space with a lot less mass. Solids tend to be heavier because they have more atoms in less area (density) and the reason they have more atoms in less area is because they have an atomic attraction between them that is much greater than that of gasses and liquids (liquids have no atomic attraction and gasses tend to repel themselves) Now gasses whose atoms repel against themselves are much more disperse and occupy a lot more space with a lot less mass.


Why are liquids liquids?

The answer of this question is similar to the questions why solids are solid and gases are gas? The answer is that in solids the intermolecular forces between the atoms of solid is very strong and they bound each other very strongly. The atoms of the solid can't move here and there and they have definite shape and called solids. Similarly gasses are those in which intermolecular forces are very week and the atoms can't held each other strongly and that's why the atoms separated randomly and they called gasses. As liquid is the intermediate state between solid and gas similar to this the intermolecular forces among the atoms of the liquid is less than solid but more than gasses. Due to such kind of forces liquid neither get a definite shape nor the atoms separated but the atoms can move within a definite area and can squire any shape and that's why they are called liquid.


What in solids move faster than in liquids?

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