All of the following statements about liquids and gases are true except: Liquids are much more difficult to compress into a smaller volume than are gases

Liquids are fluids but gases are not

Molecules in a liquid are much more closely packed than molecules in a gas

Molecules in a liquid can vibrate and rotate, but they cannot move about as freely as molecules in a gas

You would be correct, boiling water does disinfect contamination.    the property of disinfecting means to kill  germs, bacteria and other pathogens or contamination  that might cause an infection or cause a person to become sickly. a couple methods of disinfecting are using soap, other cleaning supplies or by simply "boiling" the contaminate.  the reason why boiling water disinfects certain attributes is because some cells cannot survive the heat and pressure.

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Idon't mean to be a smart alec, length of atoms' bonds is the simplest way to define it.