Question

A gas can be squeezed into a smaller container, but a liquid cannot. What does this suggest about the arrangement of particles in liquids and gases?

Answer 1

Use the particle model of matter to explain why you can compress a gas easily, but you cannot compress a liquid very easily. The particles in a gas have very large spaces between them, so the particles can be 'squashed' closer together, meaning the gas can easily be compressed to take up a smaller volume.

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Answer 2

Gas is compressible while liquid and solids are not. Gas particles are free to go wherever they please. The gas particles are not compacted together very tightly whereas solid particles are compacted very tightly. Liquid particles are not super compacted but they’re still not able to move as freely as gas particles. Hope that helps