Matter
One property of matter is the state it is in. No, not the state, as in Michigan or Delaware, but rather the phase of something. I or instance, water is normally in a liquid state or phase, but can also be in a solid state as ice. Water in a gas state is what we know of as steam or water vapor. Let's look closer af each state of matter. Your toys, your pencil, and your desk are all examples of solids. The particles inside of a solid are packed so tightly together that they never move. That means, regardless of the shape of the container, the shape will stay the same. This is called having a definite shape. Solids also have a definite space, so their volume is always constant. Liquid Liquids are very different from solids. Instead of staying together as one sold shape, it flows and takes on the shape of whatever container it is in. Therefore, it has no definite shape. The particles inside of a liquid are close together, but not packed tightly like a solid. There is also definite spa...