What take the shape of a container?

Solid matter is composed of tightly packed particles. A solid will retain its shape; the particles are not free to move around. Liquid matter is made of more loosely packed particles. It will take the shape of its container.

What state of matter takes the shape of its container?

Three states of matter exist—solid, liquid, and gas. Solids have a definite shape and volume. Liquids have a definite volume, but take the shape of the container. Gases have no definite shape or volume.

Do gasses take the shape of their container?

The particles can move around. A liquid can flow and take the shape of its container. Gases don’t have a fixed shape or a fixed volume. This is why a gas fills its container.

Does water take the shape of its container?

Water has no shape. In its liquid form, it borrows the shape of the container it occupies. Simple experiments can help students become more aware of the properties of water as well as the importance of water in their lives.

What will not take the shape of its container?

A solid has a definite shape. It does not take the shape of its container. It also has a definite volume because it can be measured. A liquid does not have a definite shape.

Is Mercury a solid liquid or gas?

Elemental (Metallic) Mercury Elemental or metallic mercury is a shiny, silver-white metal, historically referred to as quicksilver, and is liquid at room temperature.

What takes the shape of a container but not the size?

Matter is anything that occupies space and has mass. Solid, liquid and gas are the most common forms (or states) of matter. A liquid has definite size (or volume) but indefinite shape. It takes the shape of its container but its volume remains the same irrespective of the size of the container.

What will fill the entire container?

Solids are non-compressible and have constant volume and constant shape. Gases do not have a constant volume or shape; they not only take the shape of the container they are in, they try to fill the entire container.

Which of the following will not take the shape of the container?

Gases
Gases have the following characteristics: no definite shape (takes the shape of its container) no definite volume.

Why are small drops of mercury spherical and large ones oval?

So, small drops of mercury are spherical and bigger drops are oval in shape. in two words answer is Surface Tension and gravity. liquid drops are spherical because of surface tension. it is the force with which atoms/molecules on the surface of liquid pull each other towards themselves.

Why do liquids take the shape of their containers?

This is what’s called ‘taking the shape of the container’. People say that liquids take the shape of their containers because they are stuck together enough to not go flying off like gases but not so tightly that they stay in a stiff shape like solids do. One other thing that’s pretty cool about how liquids work is something called a ‘meniscus’.

Why does Mercury have a higher surface tension than water?

Mercury has a high surface tension, which restrains it to a spherical shape. Water has a much lower surface tension, and it spreads all over a glass surface that is even slightly dirty. The surface tension of the glass is involved.

What is Mercury and where is it used?

People tend to associate mercury with its silvery liquid form – perhaps found in old thermometers. It was also used in electrical switches or relays that were built into machines until the mid-20th century, and it can be found in florescent lamps and even newer energy saving lamps.