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Give a scientific reason for the following:

Gases do not have a definite shape and volume.

The particles in gases are bound by weak intermolecular forces of attraction. Therefore the particles have high kinetic energy and can move freely in the space available to them. Thus gases do not have a definite shape and volume.


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