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If you cool down a solid, the solid will loose energy and contract.

In other ways it will get smaller.

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The solid may:

1. become a liquid

2. heat up, but remain a solid

3. distort its shape (glass and metals, for instance) but remain a solid

4. vaporize into a gas directly from the solid state

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guys I dont actually know this was part of my chemistry hwk so help me- by putting a true and better answer than this!

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That depends on the solid some will shrink in size and some will become bigger you should clarify this question.^_^

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When you heat a solid it starts to vibrate more and eventually turn into a liquid :)

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For most solids, the length and width will get bigger

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