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Because, in general, the state of matter reacts to heat in various ways. For example, at room temperature water is liquid. Remove the heat sufficiently from water & at some point (i.e. the freezing point) it will become solid (i.e. ice). Reheat the ice & it becomes liquid again. Add even more heat & it becomes a gas. If you keep adding more heat, eventually it will reach a plasma state.

Why a stone is solid and water is liquid (or they are both solid) at various temperatures occurs because different atoms have different reactions to other atoms & conditions within which they exist. It's a bit like asking why 2 different people think differently under the same conditions/circumstances--even though both are human, that which makes them different from each other is involved in why both do not react in the same manner.

Because, in general, the state of matter reacts to heat in various ways. For example, at room temperature water is liquid. Remove the heat sufficiently from water and at some point (i.e. the freezing point) it will become solid (i.e. ice). Reheat the ice and it becomes liquid again. Add even more heat and it becomes a gas. If you keep adding more heat, eventually it will reach a plasma state.

Why a stone is solid and water is liquid (or they are both solid) at various temperatures occurs because different atoms have different reactions to other atoms and conditions within which they exist. It's a bit like asking why two different people think differently under the same conditions/circumstances – even though both are human, that which makes them different from each other is involved in why both do not react in the same manner.

Because, in general, the state of matter reacts to heat in various ways. For example, at room temperature water is liquid. Remove the heat sufficiently from water & at some point (i.e. the freezing point) it will become solid (i.e. ice). Reheat the ice & it becomes liquid again. Add even more heat & it becomes a gas. If you keep adding more heat, eventually it will reach a plasma state.

Because, in general, the state of matter reacts to heat in various ways. For example, at room temperature water is liquid. Remove the heat sufficiently from water & at some point (i.e. the freezing point) it will become solid (i.e. ice). Reheat the ice & it becomes liquid again. Add even more heat & it becomes a gas. If you keep adding more heat, eventually it will reach a plasma state.

Why a stone is solid and water is liquid (or they are both solid) at various temperatures occurs because different atoms have different reactions to other atoms & conditions within which they exist. It's a bit like asking why 2 different people think differently under the same conditions/circumstances--even though both are human, that which makes them different from each other is involved in why both do not react in the same manner.

Because, in general, the state of matter reacts to heat in various ways. For example, at room temperature water is liquid. Remove the heat sufficiently from water & at some point (i.e. the freezing point) it will become solid. Reheat the water (ice) & it becomes liquid again. Add even more heat & it becomes a vapor/gas. If you keep adding more heat, eventually gas will eventually reach a plasma state (which is what happens in the sun).

Because, in general, the state of matter reacts to heat in various ways. For example, at room temperature water is liquid. Remove the heat sufficiently from water & at some point (i.e. the freezing point) it will become solid (i.e. ice). Reheat the ice & it becomes liquid again. Add even more heat & it becomes a gas. If you keep adding more heat, eventually it will reach a plasma state.