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Name things that are solid AND liquid

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Frontpaw · 15/09/2012 23:05

So we found solid. We found liquid. Solid AND liquid? Oh come on??

Egg, paint, ice cream float?

This is junior school!

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TheHeirOfSlytherin · 15/09/2012 23:06

Ice

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TheHeirOfSlytherin · 15/09/2012 23:06

or mercury

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BonkeyMollocks · 15/09/2012 23:06

Water/Ice

Soap

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SillyBeardyDaddyman · 15/09/2012 23:07

Goldschlager Grin

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Pascha · 15/09/2012 23:07

Custard

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SloeFarSloeGood · 15/09/2012 23:08

Cornflour and water mixed up.

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fivegomadindorset · 15/09/2012 23:08

Custard

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Pumpster · 15/09/2012 23:08

Butter?

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NeverKnowinglyUnderstood · 15/09/2012 23:08

dh says glass??

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BonkeyMollocks · 15/09/2012 23:08

Chocolate

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Funnylittleturkishdelight · 15/09/2012 23:08

jelly!

ice cream

Jam

most stuff that reacts to being heated/frozen

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SpanglyGiraffe · 15/09/2012 23:09

Candle wax? Confused

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NeverKnowinglyUnderstood · 15/09/2012 23:10

just googled and it says something that is at it's own melting point. (but I guess has not actually melted?/)

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Binfullofmaggotsonthe45 · 15/09/2012 23:10

Saturated fat?

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Yourefired · 15/09/2012 23:11

Google sols and gels, plucked from ancient a level chemistry memory so could be wrong. Remember custard and jelly given as examples.

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wanderingalbatross · 15/09/2012 23:12

Cornstarch and water mixed! Google 'oobleck' :)

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Yourefired · 15/09/2012 23:13

Wow just read op properly, primary school. Scary.

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numptymark1 · 15/09/2012 23:13

liquid takes the shape of a container it's in
solids have a fixed shape unless they are altered by a force (pushing/cutting etc)

so talcum powder/sand/custard are liquids & solids

ice is a solid but heated it's a liquid, it's not both things at the same time

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Squeegle · 15/09/2012 23:16

Apparently glass is both. I find that hard to understand......

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Mibby · 15/09/2012 23:18

Helium at absolute zero (0 deg kelvin)

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OwedToAutumn · 15/09/2012 23:19

Glass is actually a supercooled liquid.

Very old glass windows become thicker at the bottom than the top.

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TeamEdward · 15/09/2012 23:21

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Frontpaw · 16/09/2012 08:24

The first thing that popped into my mind was a triumphant 'non-Newtonian Fluid! Ha!' I'd heard of oobleck too - but for an eight year old... I think I'll get him to mix up some quicksand and take that in.

Thanks for the ideas! I wish the teachers would give the kids a cue though sometimes!

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shopofdreams · 21/09/2012 23:18

Sand and talc are solids not liquids.
Yes an amount of sand will take the shape of the container it's in and will pour however you have to consider the actual grain of sand in determining it's state.
One grain of sand is a solid and does not take the shape of a container.
You could fill a bowl with peas and pour them out but this does not mean they are a liquid.

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