Physics GCSE
Movement of particles in each state
What Movement of particles in each state means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Movement of particles in each state
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Reference: OCR
Solid particles vibrate about fixed positions, liquid particles can slide past one another, and gas particles move randomly at high speed.
Topics that use Movement of particles in each state
- The particle model (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- conservation of mass
- Density
- Density as a property of a material
- Density equation
- Explaining density differences using the particle model
- Particle arrangement in solids, liquids and gases
- Proportional reasoning with inverse relationships
- units of density
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