The type of solid depends on how the ___ in the solid are arranged.
Particles
A liquid has a ___ volume but ___ shape.
Definite, No Definite
When particles move ___, they move farther apart, and the attractive forces between them are ___.
Faster, Weaker
Some descriptions of matter, such as color and odor, involve using your ___.
Senses
Usually, stronger attractive forces between particles are linked to a greater ___ of a liquid.
Surface Tension
The gas state of a substances that is usually a solid or a liquid at room temperature is called a ___.
Vapor
The attraction between molecules that are alike, such as water molecules, is called ___.
Cohesion
A measurement of a liquid’s resistance to flow is its ___.
Viscosity
No matter how close they are to each other, all particles have ___ motion.
Random
Particles that are free to move will move in a ___ until they collide with something.
Straight line
The attractive forces between the particles in a liquid are ___ than they are in a solid.
Weaker
Unlike solids, liquids flow and can take the ___ of their container.
Shape
When particles move ___, they move closer together, and the attractive forces between them are ___.
Slower, Strong
Molecules at the surface of a liquid also have ___, which involves the uneven forces acting on the particles on the surface of a liquid.
Surface Tension
A solid has a definite ___ and a definite ___.
Shape and Volume
The particle motion in a liquid state of a substance is ___ than the particle motion in substance’s solid state.
Faster
If the particles are randomly arranged, the solid is an ___ solid.
Amorphous
The three most common states of matter on Earth are ___, ___, and ___.
solids, liquids, and gases
When the particles are arranged in a specific, repeating order, the solid is a ___ solid.
Crystalline
The distances between gas particles are so ___ and the attractive forces so ___ that gas particles spread out to fill their container.
Great, Weak
Most of the matter in space is in a fourth state of matter called ___, which is high-energy matter consisting of positively and negatively charged particles.
Plasma
There is a force of ___ between positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons.
Attraction
Some descriptions of matter, such as mass or volume, are ___.
Measurements
A gas has no definite ___ and no definite ___.
Shape and Volume
____ can be described in many ways.
Matter
A form of matter is another name for a ___ of matter.
State
Particle ___ and particle ___ determine a substance’s state of matter.
Motion and Force
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