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Explanation:
One of the properties of a liquid is that, <u>it's particles move freely (not tightly packed)</u> hence the reason for <u>it's free flowing (no definite shape)</u> when shaken in a container, unlike a solid whose <u>particles are tightly packed with restricted/no movement</u> and hence the reason for it's compactness and it's definite shape.
When a plastic solid (whose particle is tightly packed and have a restricted movement/no movement) is placed near a heat source, <u>it's particles gains energy in the process and starts to move (though slightly free) and become less tightly packed</u> hence the reason it is observed that plastic solids near a heat source melts.
From the above, it can be deduced that a liquid and a plastic solid near a heat source <u>have there particles move freely (and not tightly packed) hence making the two substances flow freely with no definite shape.</u>
The mass of any substance will remain the same regardless of its state of matter. Using water as an example, its volume increases when it is boiled to a gas or when it is frozen from a liquid state to the solid state ice. The volume and temperature will change as it moves through the states of matter, however the amount of individual molecules of oxygen and hydrogen that form water will remain the same and this constitute mass.
The chemical breakdown of enormous quantities of organic material buried in the sedimentary rocks has produced ethane gas.
