Which of the following characteristics are associated with the gaseous state?

fixed shape, incompressible and packed closely.

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incompressible, fixed shape and size.

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definite shape, compressible and fixed volume.

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highly compressible and no fixed shape and size.

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Solution

The correct option is D highly compressible and no fixed shape and size.
Gases have three characteristic properties:
(1) they are easy to compress,
(2) they expand to fill their containers, and
(3) they occupy far more space than the liquids or solids from which they form.

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