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‘A substance has a definite volume but no definite shape’. State whether this substance is a solid, a liquid or a gas.

liquids have no definite shape but have a definite volume. They take up the shape of the container in which they are kept. Liquids flow and change shape, so they are not rigid and can be called fluid.

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What is the general name of:

(a) rigid form of matter?


(b) fluid forms of matter?

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Out of solids, liquids and gases, which one has:

(a) Maximum movement of particles?


(b) Maximum interparticle attractions?


(c) Minimum spaces between particles?

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Name the physical state of matter which can be easily compressed.

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‘A substance has a definite shape as well as a definite volume’. Which physical state is represented by this statement?