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A water molecule is formed when two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom is covalently bonded to each other. Water, in its natural state, exists as a liquid. ... In contrast, ice is the solid form of water. Ice has a rigid lattice structure, in a tetrahedral crystalline form which resembles giant molecular elements.

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The individual molecules are not that much different. They're moving faster (on average) and they have greater vibrational and rotational energy (on average).

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it evaporates

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