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Ice Age - Why does ice melt? (Experiment) |
by Mya Kagan (whyzz writer) >> more about the author
To see for yourself the way that water and ice are the same thing in different forms, try out this experiment!
Pour some water into a cup, and then put it in the freezer. After a few hours, take the cup out of the freezer and look at what has happened – that liquid water has frozen into ice!
Put the cup of frozen ice on a tabletop or windowsill, and wait another couple of hours. What has happened to the ice when you check on it later in the day? – It’s melted back into water!!
Try the experiment another time, but leave the frozen ice in a really sunny, hot place in the house. Does it melt into water more quickly than when you left it in a less hot place?? Why do think this happens?!