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Liquids consist of atoms or molecules which are close together, but not rigidly bound together as solids are. If cooled down under otherwise similar conditions, most liquids will become solid. Likewise, if heated up under otherwise similar conditions, most liquids will turn into a gas.
The atoms or molecules in a liquid are moving around, and so have momentum and enough kinetic energy to avoid being stuck together by any attractive forces between them, but not enough so as they bounce off each other and so push each other far apart (as in a gas).
Liquid flow is often turbulent and can be described by chaos theory.
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