Question

denise, sam, and jack were making a fruit punch. nick poured orange juice into a pitcher. the orange juice took the shape of the pitcher but its volume remained the same. what state of matter is the orange juice in?

Explanation:

• Gas: Has no fixed shape and no fixed volume. It expands to fill the container.
• Solid: Has a fixed shape and a fixed volume.
• Plasma: A state with free - charged particles, not relevant in this common - sense context.
• Liquid: Has no fixed shape (takes the shape of the container) but has a fixed volume. Since the orange juice takes the shape of the pitcher (no fixed shape) but its volume remains the same (fixed volume), it matches the properties of a liquid.

Answer:

Liquid