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Because the temperature of the ice is colder than the ambient temperature of your skin. The nerves near whatever you touch the ice with react to this temperature difference. This message is sent to your brain which then tells you something feels cold or hot.

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15y ago

because their made from salt and salt can be frozen and water is added to it and when it is frozen, the salt is vanishing and the icecube is just water and its cold because its in the freezer for ?

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As the ice melts in your hands, it absorbs energy from the surroundings which in this case is your hands. The energy taken away from your hands includes heat energy, and thus your hands feel cold.

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because your finger is warm and the ice is colder

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Its colder than you are - or more precicely, its colder than the part of your skin which is doing the touching.

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because you have a warm temperature in your skin and when you touch it, it is cold.

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An ice cube feelscold because it is actually made of frozen water.

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9y ago

Because heat from your fingers is being rapidly transferred to the ice.

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