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Liquids SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Atoms p.34
▸ ▸ Changing states
Liquids are runny materials. They can be poured into p.57
things, and move to fit the shape of their container. ▸ ▸ Gases p.117
Liquids make a pool, not a pile. We drink liquids including ▸ ▸ Rivers p.211

water. When a liquid cools, it can become a solid. ▸ ▸ Solids p.234
Heating a liquid can create a gas. ▸ ▸ Water cycle
p.270

What liquids do
The things a liquid can do are called Around
its properties. For example, liquids 75 percent
can be heated to cook things.
Liquids are good at mixing because of your brain
of the way they flow and move. is made of
Some liquids flow more easily water.
than others, but they all
change shape to fit
their containers.
Dissolving
Some materials dissolve (disappear into)
liquids. If we add salt to water, it becomes
salty water. We can’t see the grains of salt
because they have dissolved into the water
to make salt water.
Liquids can
be poured.

Water
Salt Salt water

Liquids move Water
to fit the Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered
shape of their in water. Water is essential because living
container. things need water to survive. Animals drink
water and plants take water in
from the ground or air.
Most living things are
made up of at least
half water.

Liquid particles
Liquids are made from tiny particles that
move around quickly and stick together in
groups. When they cool, they slow down
to eventually become solid.
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