is fire? it has its own size and shape; not definite ones, but its own nevertheless; thus it's not a liquid or a gas, which would only make it a solid, but damn that doesn't seem right.

five views and zero replies. well i hope yer all happy. i practically leave this place in spirit for a few months, and j00 all can't even answer a science question for me when i start being all sarahish agane. well fine, **** j00.

edit- i've been making so many more bulletins on myspace than posts on here that i totally forgot this place had a censoring system.

hmmm...I don't know. Plasma? Hell, I suck as sicence!

i always thought it was a gas :p

life science is the only thing that interests me. physical science has always been boring to me.

I have no idea. I can't recall ever even learning that. I'd venture to say gas....but it doesn't seem like any of the 3.

Everything I'm seeing in a search makes it seem like fire is its own element. Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water.

Some occultists have noted[citation needed] that in modern science the general rule is that most visible matter can be classified as either a solid (Earth), liquid (Water), gas (Air), or plasma (Fire).

Hmmmm, I'm not sure....

Well, I wanted to try and help you out, so I've been Googling to try and figure it out as well since I've never really thought about this before, but it seemed kind of interesting.

Judging by the definition, I'd actually say that it could be gas.

Gas
The volume of a quantity of gas is dependent on its temperature and the surrounding pressure. If affected by gravity, it will take the shape of its container, but much of it will also spread out into the surrounding area.

And I'd also support Cathy's theory about it possibly being a plasma, because I found this, too:

Plasma
At extreme temperatures--such as on the Sun--matter can often lose all its electrons and become ionized. This matter, along with turbulence caused by the heat, results in a phase called a plasma.

There is dispute among some scientists whether a plasma is truly a state of matter or just an extension of a gas. Since this state is not commonly experienced, we will not say much about it.

I'm not really sure though, and I definitely don't think I'd place any bets on it. If you wanted to have a look at one site that I found most helpful, check this out:

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/matterstates.htm

I remember reading that fire is not even matter, it is energy. Like electricity. It does require certain combustible forms of matter to ignite, a chain reaction.

ahh, thanks people. interesting indeed. now i can sleep at night.