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  • Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
    Published 25 October 2016 Referencing Hub media
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    A liquid takes on the shape of its container. Watch how water takes on a different shape in a different container.

    If you pour water out of a container, it will go everywhere! Because it isn’t in a container, the water takes on the shape of the table top, making a puddle.

    Water molecules1 are still close together, but they can move or slide past one another.

    1. molecule: Two or more atoms bonded together. The molecule of an element has all its atoms the same. The molecule of a compound has two or more different atoms.
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    2. Two or more atoms bonded together. The molecule of an element has all its atoms the same. The molecule of a compound has two or more different atoms.