English in chemistry 1 – 2017
TS. Nguyễn Tuyết Phương – TS. Trần Thu Phương
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Lesson
5.
STATES OF MATTER
5.1 Listening: The three well-known states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases
Complete the paragraph by filling the blanks
In this video you are going to learn what the
…(1)… states of matter are, some examples of
each
state of matter, the characteristic properties of the three states of matter. The three
states of matter are
…(2)…, …(3)… and
…(4)…. Let us look at solids. An example of a
solid is your computer. The properties of solids depend on how
the particles in solids are
packed. In a solid the particles are closely
…(5)… in fixed positions and cannot move
anywhere. So solids are rigid, cannot be squashed to compress,
have a fixed shape and a
fixed
…(6)…. They cannot flow.
Now let us look at liquids. An example of a liquid is
…(7)…. Just as with solids, the
properties of liquids depend on how the particles in liquids are packed.
In a liquid the
particles are again closely packed but not as closely packed as in solids. So this means the
particles in liquids can move around each other. So liquids are not
…(8)…, but because
their particles are closely packed as in solids, they cannot be squashed to compress. They do
not
have a fixed shape, but they do have a fixed volume. Beware with that one, as many
students think because liquids do not have a fixed
…(9)…, they do not have a fixed volume
either. But they are wrong. If someone orders a pint of beer, they cannot make it two pints
but pouring it in two different containers. As you know liquids
…(10)… flow.
Finally, let us look at gases.
An example of a gas is …(11)…. This is the gas in party
balloons because it is less dense than air and unreactive. Again as with solids and liquids,
the
…(12)… of gases depend on how the particles in gases are packed. Unlike solids and
liquids, the particles in gases are not closely packed. They are far apart. As a result, gases
are not rigid and can be
…(13)… to compress. They do not have
a fixed shape nor fixed
volume. They fill the whole space they are in.
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