Chapter I Particulate Model of Matter Oxygen atom Hydrogen atom° It is fascinating to watch the fishes in an aquarium. They dart about randomly in all directions.We describe such movement as random and continuous motion. The fishes represent the gas particles and move about in a 3-dimensional manner-up and down, right and left, front and back, and soon.¢ . The fishes reverse direction when they reach one end of the fish tank, like the gas particles which bounce off the walls of a gas container. However, gas particles are so tiny that we are unable to see them with our naked eyes. Just imagine these gas particles doing a frenzied dance around you now.