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Um. Yes, no, maybe. Your grammar skills could use some work, and the result is that I'm not sure if you've actually grasped the basic concept of endo- vs. exothermic. There's also some substantial basic science errors contained in there. Let's break it down point by point to show you why I'm really reluctant just to say "yes" or "no."

Ice melting does not actually get warmer: the energy added to the system goes into what's called the heat (or enthalpy) of fusion, or converting the solid form into the liquid form. After it's liquid, then it can begin getting warmer, but just-melted water and just-about-to-melt ice are the same temperature. The process of melting ice is indeed endothermic, but you've got the reason why wrong.

"Mixing" things tends to be very slightly endothermic, though not always. I assume, though, that when you say "mixing" baking soda and vinegar you're talking about the reaction between sodium hydrogen carbonate and ethanoic acid, which is endothermic. It does, however, get cooler, as you state.

answ2. In agreeing with the above, simply put, exothermic means "giving off heat", such as a fire - it gets warmer.

And an endothermic reaction would absorb heat - it would get colder. Keep up the work.

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