Name 3 characteristics of each physical state of matter. Solid:

Liquid:

Gaseous:

solid: Has a definite shape and volume. liquid: Has a definite volume, but take the shape of the container. gas: Has no definite shape or volume. change of state: When matter is converted from one of the three states (example: solid, liquid, or gas) to another state.

Explanation:

Solid:

High Density

Definite mass, volume, and shape

Solids are incompressible and rigid

Liquid:

No definite shape (takes the shape of its container)

Has definite volume.

Particles are free to move over each other but are still attracted to each other.

Gaseous:

They are easy to compress

They expand to fill their containers

They occupy far more space than the liquids or solids from which they form

Explanation:

step 1 ammonium can be absorbed by plants, but some is converted into nitrates which are better for plants to absorb. this is called nitrification. 2. step 2 the deer eats the plants and uses the nitrogen-containing proteins for cell growth. 3. step 3 bacteria in the soil conduct nitrogen fixation to convert nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into ammonium. 4. step 4 some of the nitrates are absorbed back into plants, but denitrification breaks down the nitrates into nitrogen gas released back into the atmosphere. 5. step 5 nitrogen is found in the urine, which gets broken down into ammonium through the process of ammonification. 6. step 6 plants absorb the ammonium and begin assimilation, the process to add the nitrogen to protein.