It depends, my understanding is that generally the arrangement of the atoms and their interactions with one another as well as the energy levels of those atoms is what distinguishes the different states of matter from one another.
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The four states of matter are solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Solids have a fixed shape and volume, liquids have a fixed volume but take the shape of their container, gases have neither fixed shape nor volume and fill the container they are in, and plasmas are ionized gases made up of positively and negatively charged particles.
There are four states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. These states are determined by the arrangement of particles and their energy levels.
The three main states of matter are solid, liquid, and gas. In addition to these, there is also a fourth state of matter known as plasma, which consists of charged particles. Other exotic states of matter include Bose-Einstein condensates and Fermionic condensates, which occur at extremely low temperatures.
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The four states of matter - solid, liquid, gas, and plasma - are related by the energy and movement of their particles. Solids have particles tightly packed and vibrating in place, liquids have particles that move around but are still relatively close together, gases have particles that move freely and are far apart, and plasmas have particles that are highly energized and ionized. Transition between these states can occur by adding or removing energy from the system.
The main factors responsible for the differences in the three states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) are the relative movement of the particles, the arrangement of the particles, and the strength of the intermolecular forces between particles. In solids, particles are tightly packed and vibrate in fixed positions, while in liquids, particles are close together but can move past one another. In gases, particles are far apart and move freely. Interactions between particles are strongest in solids and weakest in gases.