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Water expands when it freezes and becomes ice.
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What expands when it is very hot or cold?
water, it freezes when it is cold and turns to steam when it is hot.
Why is Murcury hot and cold?
ITS NOT COLD ITS VERY HOT IN FACT MERCURY IS HOT BC ITS THE NEAREST PLANET TO THE SUN WELL WERE ALREADY IN EARTH AND ITS ALREADY SO HOT IF U TOUCH THE SUN YOULL BE BURNED DONT MIND CAPS PLZ
When something is cold does it get bigger?
When something gets hot it expands and when it gets cold it'll contract
What does cold air have more than hot air?
Cold air is more dense than hot air. This is because gas expands when it is heated.
Why hot air contain more water than cold?
Hot air has more capacity than cold air (Air expands on heating.
How were thermometers invented?
Mercury is put in a tube the Mercury expands when it is hot and compacts when cold.
What change takes place in the liquid inside a thermometer when the thermometer is placed into something cold?
The liquid in thermometers contracts when placed in something cold (and expands when placed in something hot.)
Explain why a cold saucepan lid sometimes will not fit on a hot saucepan?
Depending on the type of metal your pan is made of, it usually expands when hot, putting a cold lid on it sometimes it will not fit.
Why is it impossible for a hot iron ring to separate from a cold brass cylinder?
The hot iron ring shrinks as it begins to cool while the cold brass cylinder expands when it is warm. This makes them hard to be separated.
Why does a 94 Saturn leak coolant if its cold?
Loose hose clamp or fitting? Thermostat housing loose? Expands when gets hot
What scientific concept explains why farmers usually string up their wire fences during the hot season?
it all has to do with thermodynamics metal expands when its hot and shrinks when its cold so by stringing it tightly while its hot it ensures it stays tight when it gets cold
Why does gasoline shrink in cold weather?
Most materials shrink in cold weather and expand in hot weather because the molecules slow down when cold The most notable exception, of course, is water, which expands as it freezes.
