How do solids, liquids, and gases differ?
a. in solid matter, atoms or molecules pack dose to each other in fixed locations; in gases, atoms or molecules pack about as closely as they do in solid matter, but they are free to move; in liquid matter, atoms or molecules have a lot of space between them and are free to move
b. in solid matter, atoms or molecu es pack dose to each other but, they are free to move; in liquid matter, atoms or molecules pack about as closely as they do in solid matter, they are also free to move; in gaseous matter, atoms or molecules have a lot of space between them and are free to move relative to one another
c. a solid has a fixed volume and rigid shape; gases assume the shape of their container; liquids always assume the shape and volume of their container
d. a solid has a fixed volume and rigid shape; liquids assume the shape of their container; gases always assume the shape and volume of their container

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How do solids, liquids, and gases differ?
a. in solid matter, atoms or molecules pack dose to each other in fixed locations; in gases, atoms or molecules pack about as closely as they do in solid matter, but they are free to move; in liquid matter, atoms or molecules have a lot of space between them and are free to move
b. in solid matter, atoms or molecu es pack dose to each other but, they are free to move; in liquid matter, atoms or molecules pack about as closely as they do in solid matter, they are also free to move; in gaseous matter, atoms or molecules have a lot of space between them and are free to move relative to one another
c. a solid has a fixed volume and rigid shape; gases assume the shape of their container; liquids always assume the shape and volume of their container
d. a solid has a fixed volume and rigid shape; liquids assume the shape of their container; gases always assume the shape and volume of their container

	Solid	Liquid	Gas
Density	high	high	low
Molecular movement (with respect to one another)	minimally	slow	fast
Compressibility and thermal expansion	fixed volume	fixed volume	variable volume
Do they expand to fill their container?	no	no	yes
Do they take the shape of their container?	no	yes	yes

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