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Short answer: it melts.
Slightly longer answer: sufficient energy in the form of heat is added to the ice. This energy goes into the particles as kinetic energy and allows them to start moving faster. Temperature is the measure of the speed of particles, so an increase in heat results in the faster movement of particles, which leads to an increase in temperature. Once the temperature reaches 0oC, the molecules break their crystalline structure and are free to move in a sort of "rolling" motion that is a characteristic of liquids.
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∙ 12y agoWhen you take away the heat from the liquid, it turns into a solid.
At the molecular level, as the liquid loses energy (in this case, heat) the molecules slow down and eventually get caught in eachother's magnetic fields and snap together. Consequently, ice is formed.
Because of the unique configuration of H2O, the molecules snap into a particular arrangement, hexagons. This makes it take more room than it previously did without contraints. That is why the water expands as it freezes.
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∙ 15y agoWhen water freezes it changes from a liquid to a solid.
When water boils or evaporates it changes from a liquid to a gas.
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When water melts from a ice cube it changes from a?
from a solid into a liquid.
What 2 types of change occurs when water changes fro?
From liquid water change to solid: freezing.From liquid water change to gaseous: vaporization.From solid water change to liquid: melting.From solid water change to gaseous: sublimation.
What is the process called when water changes from a solid into a liquid?
MELTING is the term for the process where water changes from a solid into a liquid.
What are three phases of water due to changes in temperature?
solid (ice), liquid (liquid water), gas (steam).
What happens when water changes from a solid to a liquid to a vapor?
loses energy
How does a solid change from a solid to a liquid?
When water freezes it changes from a liquid to a solid. When water boils or evaporates it changes from a liquid to a gas.
When water changes from a solid to a liquid energy is?
Energy is used when water changes from a solid to a liquid.
What are the three phases of water How does water change from one phase to another?
The three phases of water are, liquid, solid and gas. Water changes from liquid to solid by Freezing. It changes from liquid to gas by Evaporation. It changes from solid to gas by Sublimation. It changes from solid to liquid by Melting. It changes from gas to liquid by Condensation.
How does water changes from solid to liquid?
water is a solid then it melts now it is a liquid
What is the process called when water changes from solid to liquid?
The name for solid water is ice. It changes to a liquid when it melts.
What happens to water when it changes from a liquid to a solid?
A LIQUID FREEZES TO SOLID
What process by which water vapor changes to a solid?
Condensation, which changes vapor to liquid water, and freezing, which changes liquid water to solid ice.
What are the observable changes in freezing water?
liquid to solid
How are the state changes of water similar to the state changes in most other substances?
These changes of state are: solid to liquid, liquid to gas, gas to liquid, liquid to solid, solid to gas, gas to solid. The majority of substances have these state of matter changes.
How does the water cycle represent the changes in matter?
Solid, liquid, gas, liquid, solid.
Does water expand or contract when it changes from liquid to solid?
when a liquid turns into a solid it contracts
What changes from liquid to solid?
water to ice
