SciOnTheFly: States of Matter

The position of those molecules determines whether it's a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Molecules. Vocabulary and fraction. Okay. Molecules are basically tiny particles that work together to form the matter. So, the first state of matter on our agenda is salad. When matter is in a solid state, it has definite shape and definite volume. That's because the molecules that make up that object are tightly scrunched together, always vibrating, but always tightly making a rigid form that has definite shape and definite volume. Salad. Salad. Salad. We got here. This is a salad. We got definite shape. 

Definite volume is particles are so crammed in there. They're not going anywhere. The second state of matter liquid. When the matter is in a liquid form, it has no definite shape, but it does have definite volume. Because the molecules that make up a liquid aren't as scrunched in as in a solid. There's space between them to slide past each other and bounce off of each other. Meaning that it does not have definite shapes, but it does have definite volume. Liquid. Liquid. Liquid. No definite shape. Measurable volume, though. It's a liquid. Third on the list? What matters in a gas state? It does not have definite shapes, nor does it have definite volume. Because the particles in the molecules that make up gas are far spread apart, bouncing off of each other with lots and lots of energy. 

Therefore, it does not have definite shape, nor does it have definite volume. Gas, gas, gas, gas, gas, it's everywhere. No definite volume, no definite shape. It's all around us. Oxygen, helium, hydrogen, gas is everywhere. So in a nutshell, matters all around us. Comes in three states, a solid, a liquid. And a gas. And that my Friends is the sauce.