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The internal energy of the item increases, and the molecules become less ordered.

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The intermolecular bonds are weakened.

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What happens as a solid begins to change to a liquid?

The internal energy of the item increases, and the molecules become less ordered.


Can you turn a liquid into a solid by freezing it?

No, freezing changes a liquid to a solid. To change a solid to a liquid you need to apply heat. The change begins when the solid reaches its melting point.


What happens to the composition of matter during a physical change?

It can change from a gas to a solid to a liquid, or from a liquid to a solid to a gas. This change does not affect the composition of the matter.


What happens to a substance as it under goes a phase change?

A change from gas to liquid, from solid to liquid, from liquid to gas, etc.


What happens on freezing of water?

This is a change of phase from liquid to solid.


Can a solid shape change?

Yes, a solid shape can change. If the heat rises above a certain temperature that which a solid can handle (the melting point) than the solid begins a physical change into a liquid.


What happens to a liquid to a solid?

nothing happens after a solid chages into a liquid.


What happens when a substance changes state from a solid or liquid?

This change in the state of matter (liquid to solid) is called freezing.This change in the state of matter (solid to liquid) is called melting.They are physical change, the chemical nature of the molecules is not changed.


What happens during a changes of state?

1. A change of the phase of matter: liquid to solid, gas to liquid, solid to liquid. 1. Absorption or release of energy.


Change from liquid to solid?

is when the solid is hard then the word is Melting to change to liquid


What happens when an object losses thermal energy?

Its temperature declines, and it may change phase ... from liquid to solid, or from gas to either liquid or solid.


What happens when a solid changes to a liquid?

nothing happens after a solid chages into a liquid.