If you can simply pour sand into a cup then why is it not a liquid?

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Sidney Finley

22 February, 13:13

If you can simply pour sand into a cup then why is it not a liquid?

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Eddy · Answer 1

If you pour sand into a cup (empty) why would it change?

If it had water in it then the sand will sink to the bottom, and not change forms.

Taryn Heath · Answer 2

If you, for example, poured it onto a wide cup with a volume equal to the total volume of the sand particles, the sand would not spread out to fill the container but would bunch up together in the middle.