Motion of Particles

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Motion of Particles What is the significance of the speed and motion of particles when classifying matter as a solid, liquid, and gas? A solids particles are locked in position and are vibrating slowly. They have a define shape and a define volume. Liquid minus thermal energy makes a solid. The particles of a liquid are packed together and are colliding with each other. Liquid has a define volume but, not a define shape. Solid plus thermal energy makes a liquid. Finally, a gas particles move freely and will randomly collide with each other and the walls in the container that they are in. Gas does not have a define shape and volume. Solid will keep their shape and volume in any position that they are in. A solids particles have enough energy. Unlike a solid though a liquid needs a container to be in or else it would just spread into a wide shallow puddle but, it would have the same volume has if it was in a container. Gas just like a liquid it is a fluid. It has more energy motion then a solid and a liquid. During changes between a liquid and a gas a substance freezes the particles in the liquid move so slowly that they begin to fix into a position. And during a change between a liquid and a gas, evaporation takes place when the particles in the liquid gain enough energy to move independently, forming a gas. In Charlie`s balloon law, with the balloon in cold water and measuring before and after we pulled the balloon out of the freezing water. When the temperature of a gas is increased at a constant pressure and its volume increased when the temperature is decreased. The density of the air inside increases and the balloon sinks. A graph of Charlie`s show that the volume of a gas is directly proportional. In conclusion, a solids particle are locked together and slowly vibrate, a liquids particles are packed with each other and are colliding with each other,

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