EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Liquids have the following characteristics: No definite shape (takes the shape of its container). Has definite volume. Particles are free to move over each other, but are still attracted to each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -Liquid matter has a definite volume, like a solid, but flows and takes the shape of its container. A liquid is virtually incompressible because its particles are packed closely together. A liquid flows because the particles are held in no specific arrangement but are free to move past one another.

Detailed explanation-3: -(b) Liquids have no definite shape but definite volume because the molecules in liquid are not so closely packed and they have space between them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Liquid and gas are the two states of matter which can flow. Hence, they are called fluids.

Detailed explanation-5: -Liquids have more kinetic energy, so their particles are less rigid and can slide around one another, which allows liquids to flow. Liquids have no definite shape, so that they take the shape of their container, except for the surface, which is flat, but they do have a definite volume.