Solids

• Solids stay in one place and can be held.

• Solids keep their shape. They do not flow like liquids.

• Solids always take up the same amount of space. They do not spread out like gases.

• Solids can be cut or shaped.

• Even though they can be poured, sugar, salt and flour are all solids. Each particle of salt, for example, keeps the same shape and volume.

• Heating some solids can turn them into liquids.

• Cooling a liquid can turn it into a solid.

Liquids

• Liquids can flow …