Solids, liquids and gases. In a solid like this brick, the particles are regularly arranged touching their neighbours and move only by vibrating. This explains why solids have a fixed shape.

Students are introduced to the idea that matter is composed of atoms and molecules that are attracted to each other and in constant motion. Students explore the attractions and motion of atoms and ...

We need to consider how we can link the macroscale observable properties of solids, liquids and gases with what is happening at a particulate level. The particle model of matter helps to explain ...

The focus is that matter, whether solid, liquid, or gas, is made up of particles; that dissolving and evaporation happen at the particle level; and that models can help explain these processes that we ...

solids have particles fixed tightly together in rows so they can’t move. In liquids, the particles are touching but are free to move around each other like balls in a ball pool. In a gas ...

The concepts of creation and destruction are fundamental to current scientific theories regarding the origin of the Earth.

Earlier this week we broke down the complexities of mixed-phase precipitation forecasting.Within that we briefly touched on a key component to that complexity w ...

Powders are three-phase constructions, comprised of solid particles, liquid (usually water present at relatively low levels), ...