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What is the defining characteristic of a solid?
What is the defining characteristic of a solid?
Definite shape and volume
Give an example of a crystalline solid.
Give an example of a crystalline solid.
Table salt, sugar, diamonds, many other minerals
What is the defining characteristic of a gas?
What is the defining characteristic of a gas?
Neither a definite volume nor shape
Name three gases found in Earth's atmosphere.
Name three gases found in Earth's atmosphere.
What is the defining characteristic of a liquid?
What is the defining characteristic of a liquid?
Give an example of a substance that can change from a solid to a liquid upon heating.
Give an example of a substance that can change from a solid to a liquid upon heating.
Which state of matter has a definite shape and volume?
Which state of matter has a definite shape and volume?
Which substance is an example of a liquid?
Which substance is an example of a liquid?
What happens to gases when they cool down?
What happens to gases when they cool down?
Which state of matter has neither a definite volume nor shape?
Which state of matter has neither a definite volume nor shape?
What is an example of a substance that can change from a liquid to a solid upon cooling?
What is an example of a substance that can change from a liquid to a solid upon cooling?
Which state of matter is most likely to have a crystalline structure?
Which state of matter is most likely to have a crystalline structure?
What is the term for the process by which liquids spread out quickly compared to solids?
What is the term for the process by which liquids spread out quickly compared to solids?
