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when you add heat to a liquid or gas what happens to the density and why?




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As liquid or gas is heated, it expands. There is the same amount of matter, but in a larger space. Therefore, the density will decrease as liquid or gas is heated.

The opposite is also true. As a liquid or gas gets cooler, its density increases as the matter occupies a smaller space.

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