Question

Four students described the characteristics of four different states of matter. The table below shows the description given by each student.
which student described liquids?

A) student A
B) student B
C) student C
D) student D

Answer 1

Student A described liquids.

Answer 2

Answer: Option (A) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

In solids, particles are attracted towards each other by strong intermolecular forces and they do not have enough gap between them. Therefore, they are orderly arranged.

In liquids, though the particles are close and touch each other but there are gaps between their arrangement. Therefore, they are randomly arranged as the forces of attraction are not strong enough like in solids.

In gases, particles are weakly attracted towards each other and they constantly moves from one place to another.

In plasma, there are charged particles which have similar number of positively charged ions and negatively charged electrons.

Thus, we can conclude that out of the given options, student A described liquids.