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Properties of Gases

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Which of these is a characteristic property of gases?

A

They are rigid.

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They are not compressible.

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They have fixed shape.

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They have neither fixed shape nor fixed volume.

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Solution

The correct option is D They have neither fixed shape nor fixed volume.
Gas is a state of matter in which the molecules are free to move. They have neither fixed shape nor volume.

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