Water's Special Properties: 3 States

Water has one of the rarest properties exhibited by substances. It can be found naturally in all three different states.

• Liquid
• Solid
• Gas

Think about it. Oxygen is gas in its natural form while gold is solid and oil is liquid.

There are very, very few substances in nature which are as common as water and yet found in all three states.




Water and Ice



Steam rising from a hot water spring surrounded by ice
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