What are liquids and gases?

Liquids and gases are types of matter that can flow and move around easily.

Imagine you're playing with your favorite toy blocks, they stack up nicely, right? That’s like solids, which don’t move much. But liquids and gases are more like when you pour juice from a cup into a glass, the juice moves and takes the shape of the glass. That’s liquids.

Liquids are like squishy friends who can change shape but still stay together. If you pour water from one container to another, it fills up the new one without breaking apart. You can even put your finger in a glass of water and feel how it moves around you, like it’s whispering "I’m going to take your shape!"

Gases are like invisible friends who love to spread out. Think of when you blow up a balloon, the air inside goes everywhere it can, making the balloon bigger. Gases fill up any space they’re in, and if you let them go, they just float away, like your breath on a cold day.