When liquid gold becomes a solid, its particles get closer together. Which best describes what happened to the gold?

the conservation of magnetism
the change in solubility in a physical change
the change in melting point in a physical change
the rearrangement of particles in a physical change

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The best description of what happened to the gold as it transitioned from a liquid to a solid, with its particles getting closer together, is the rearrangement of particles in a physical change. This process describes how the particles in the gold are reorganized in a different state of matter without altering the chemical composition of the gold itself.