Question

Which state of matter takes on the shape of a container?

Answer 1

A state of matter is one of the several forms that matter may take in physics. In everyday life, four states of matter are visible: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Many intermediate states, such as liquid crystal, are known to exist, while certain states, such as Bose–Einstein condensates, neutron-degenerate matter, and quark–gluon plasma, are known to exist only under severe circumstances, such as extreme cold, extreme density, and extreme energy.

Complete answer:
A liquid is an incompressible fluid that adapts to its container's shape while maintaining a constant volume regardless of pressure. It is one of the four fundamental states of matter, and the only one having a definite volume but no fixed form. A liquid is made up of small vibrating matter particles, such as atoms, that are kept together by intermolecular connections. A liquid, like a gas, may flow and adopt the form of a container. The majority of liquids are resistant to compression. A liquid, unlike a gas, does not disperse to cover all of the spaces in a container and keeps a relatively constant density. Surface tension is a characteristic of the liquid state that causes wetting events.
The characteristics of a fluid are displayed by a liquid, just as they are by a gas. A liquid may flow, take on the shape of a container, and, if placed in a sealed container, equally distribute applied pressure across all surfaces. If you put liquid in a bag, you can compress it into whatever form you choose. A liquid, unlike a gas, is virtually incompressible, which means it maintains a nearly constant volume over a broad range of pressures; it does not typically expand to fill empty space in a container but instead creates its own surface; and it does not always mix well with another liquid. These characteristics make a liquid ideal for hydraulic applications.

Note:
A liquid's density is generally close to that of a solid and significantly higher than that of a gas. As a result, both liquid and solid are referred to as condensed matter. Liquids and gases, on the other hand, are both referred to as fluids since they have the capacity to flow. Although liquid water is plentiful on Earth, it is the least frequent form of matter in the known universe due to the fact that liquids require a very limited temperature/pressure range to exist. The majority of known stuff in the cosmos exists as gaseous interstellar clouds or plasma from inside stars (with remnants of observable solid matter).