5 Select the correct answer.
A sealed, flexible container held 250 mL of a substance. The volume of the container was then decreased to 100 mL without any matter
escaping. What must be true about the matter in the container before the container's volume was changed?
O A It would have kept its shape of transferred to another container.
its particles were held together tightly in a rigid structure.
OB.
О С.
It was all located at the bottom of the container.
OD.
its particles were in constant, rapid motion.

Which statement correctly describes the phosphate ion, ? it is composed of one phosphorus atom and four oxygen atoms covalently bonded together, and there is a –3 charge distributed over the entire ion. it is composed of one phosphorus atom and four oxygen atoms covalently bonded together, and there is a –3 charge on the phosphorus atom. it is composed of one phosphorus atom and four oxygen atoms ionically bonded together, and there is a –3 charge distributed over the entire ion. it is composed of one phosphorus atom and four oxygen atoms ionically bonded together, and there is a –3 charge on the phosphorus atom.