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What simple experiments can be done to show that there are spaces between the particles of both liquids and gases?

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Both liquid and gas differ in the amount of spaces between their particles. While in the case of liquids, the particles are held close together but still show slight movement whereas, in gases, particles remain free, thus, they have large spaces between them and can move around in all the directions. 
For example, 
when we boil the water, steam is formed and these tiny water particles evaporate because they are free and cannot remain confined to a single place.


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Liquids

Particles in a liquid

Particles in liquids are quite close to each other, however they can move past each other very easily.

This makes liquids very easy to break apart and why they cannot hold their own shape, but instead take the shape of their container

The particles in liquids move around quite a bit, bumping gently past each other.

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Gases

Particles in gases

Particles in gases move around very quickly with a lot of space between them, this means you can compress them very easily.

Gases don’t just take the shape of their container they fill the space of the container that they are in

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