Give reasons for the following statements.
The three states of matter have different properties.

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Anything which occupies space and has mass is called matter.
Air and water; rocks and minerals; are all different kinds of matter because all of them occupy space (that is, they have volume), and mass.
The three states of matter are solids, liquids, and gases
They have different properties, which can be explained by looking at the arrangement of their particles.
In solids, the particles are tightly packed together. In liquids, the particles have more movement, while in gases, they are spread out.
These particles have an attractive force acting between them which is commonly known as intermolecular forces of attraction.
Solids have maximum intermolecular forces of attraction while gases have minimum intermolecular forces of attraction.
Due to above reasons they possess different properties.

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