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The speed of the molecules is reflected by temperature, but their movement follows the following general pattern:

Solids have molecules in a relatively fixed position. They vibrate, but don't really move in relation to each other. If there's a rigidly structured pattern, the solid is a crystal. If not, it's amorphous.

Liquid molecules can move in relation to each other, and as such have no definite shape. Surface tension exists, and molecules do have attraction to each other, but they can slide across each other.

Gases have no definite shape or volume, so molecules move relatively independent of each other, and bonds between molecules don't exist.

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By its thermodynamic temperature.

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