Question

In what ways are three states of matter different from each other?

Answer 1

The three states of matter are different in physical forms that matter can take:solid, liquid, and gas.

matter can exist in one of three main states: solid, liquid, or gas.

Solid matter is composed of tightly packed particles. A solid will retain its shape; the particles are not free to move around. The matter is packed so tight that it prevents you from moving through it. Solids hold their shape at room temperature. The pencil that you left in the desk at school will still be the same shape when you return tomorrow.

Liquid matter is made of more loosely packed particles. It will take the shape of its container. Particles can move about within a liquid, but they are packed densely enough that volume is maintained. Liquids cannot be handed to another person well without the container

Gaseous matter is composed of particles packed so loosely that it has neither a defined shape nor a defined volume.
A gas can be compressed. Like when we compress air into a balloon ‐ it fills out the balloon shape. Gases will fill up the space too. You don't see only half of the balloon filled with air ‐ the air is not as influenced by gravity as a liquid or a solid would be.A solid's molecules are more packed together and don't move around. A liquid's molecules are spread apart a little and move around a little. A gas' molecules are very spread apart and move around a lot.When you walk from one side of the room to the other, you have walked through a bunch of gases that make up our air.