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describe the motion of particles in a solid
packed tight together, cant move freely, vibrating back and forth
move freely and slide past each other
moving fast and spread way out
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Solids have a fixed shape and volume because their particles are closely packed. The particles cannot move freely from their positions, only vibrate in place. The other options describe liquid (slide past each other) and gas (fast, spread out) particle motion.
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Packed tight together, can't move freely, vibrating back and forth