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    States of Matter Kids Discover

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    This document summarizes the three states of matter - solid, liquid, and gas. It explains that in solids, molecules are tightly packed and maintain a fixed position, which is why solids maintain their shape. In liquids, molecules are close together but can move around each other, allowing liquids to flow and take the shape of their container. Gases have molecules that are far apart and move freely, spreading out to fill the entire space of their container. The document also notes that while matter can change states between solid, liquid and gas, the underlying molecules remain the same.

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    This document summarizes the three states of matter - solid, liquid, and gas. It explains that in solids, molecules are tightly packed and maintain a fixed position, which is why solids maintain their shape. In liquids, molecules are close together but can move around each other, allowing liquids to flow and take the shape of their container. Gases have molecules that are far apart and move freely, spreading out to fill the entire space of their container. The document also notes that while matter can change states between solid, liquid and gas, the underlying molecules remain the same.

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    This document summarizes the three states of matter - solid, liquid, and gas. It explains that in solids, molecules are tightly packed and maintain a fixed position, which is why solids maintain their shape. In liquids, molecules are close together but can move around each other, allowing liquids to flow and take the shape of their container. Gases have molecules that are far apart and move freely, spreading out to fill the entire space of their container. The document also notes that while matter can change states between solid, liquid and gas, the underlying molecules remain the same.

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    States of Matter Kids Discover

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    This document summarizes the three states of matter - solid, liquid, and gas. It explains that in solids, molecules are tightly packed and maintain a fixed position, which is why solids maintain their shape. In liquids, molecules are close together but can move around each other, allowing liquids to flow and take the shape of their container. Gases have molecules that are far apart and move freely, spreading out to fill the entire space of their container. The document also notes that while matter can change states between solid, liquid and gas, the underlying molecules remain the same.

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    Water freezes. Ice melts. Steam condenses. These are ways that waterand all mattercan change.

    Scientists refer to these changes as "changes of state." However, the molecules that make up the matter do not change.

    Gases
    If it fills the entire space of the container it's in, it's a gas. Unlike liquids and solids, the molecules in a gas are spread far apart and full of energy. They bounce around, spreading out to fill the volume and shape of the container they're ina balloon, for example.

    Liquids
    If it flows, it's a liquid. Think of water coming out of a hose. Like all liquids, the water changes shape. If it flows into a container, such as a bucket or a pool, it takes the shape of the container. The molecules that make up liquids are close together but are free to move around. This is what makes the shape of a liquid changeable.

    Water molecules are close together but can move around. Gas molecules move around freely.

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    If matter is a solid object, it maintains its own shape. Take rocks, for example. A rock is a solid object. It keeps its shape unless it is crushed or something else happens to it. This is because the molecules in solids are so tightly packed that they are not free to move around. Solid molecules are tightly packed and stay in a fixed position.

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