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When ice melts it is called a physical endothermic change.

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What does the wind's loud call mean?

The wind's loud call can signify strength, power, and urgency. It can also evoke a sense of energy, movement, and change in the environment.


What is the scientific process that happens to floating ice cubes after they are added to water?

When ice cubes are added to water, they melt due to the transfer of heat energy from the water to the ice. This causes the ice to change state from a solid to a liquid. As the ice melts, it raises the temperature of the water until both reach thermal equilibrium.


What do you call a physical state change from gas to liquid?

The physical state change from gas to liquid is called condensation. This occurs when a gas loses heat energy and transitions into a liquid state.


Does kinetic energy actually increase the speed of an object?

Gaining kinetic energy 'E' amounts to saying that the momentum of an object increases. E = p^2 / 2m where p is momentum and m is mass. (Momentum is just mass times speed.) So, to increase the speed the kinetic energy has to change. In other words, if you set the kinetic energy to any value you like and keep it constant, there won't be a speed up. What is the change in kinetic energy? You can just as well ask what is the change in momentum. Physicists have chosen the latter question and call the change in momentum 'the force'. F = dp / dt where F is force and d/dt means derivation with respect to time. It is the pushing force acting on objects that makes them gain speed. Kinetic energy is usually something that you calculate at the end when you have found out what the forces in your problem are and what the momentum is as a function of time.


When matter changes from one state to another what do you call this process?

This process is called a phase change or a change of state. It involves the transformation of matter from one physical state (solid, liquid, gas) to another through the absorption or release of energy.

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When ice melts in water what causes it to melt?

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