Ice melts when it gets warm! 🌞 When the air or something touches the ice and makes it warm, the ice turns into water. It's like when you hold an ice cube in your hand—your hand is warm, so the ice melts into water! 💧
Ice is just frozen water, and when it gets warm enough, it wants to be water again. That's why we see puddles when the sun comes out after snow!
Ice melts because of heat energy! 🔥 When something warm (like the sun, your hand, or a warm room) touches ice, the heat makes the tiny particles in the ice move faster. When they move fast enough, the ice can't stay solid anymore—it turns into liquid water! 💦
This happens because ice is water in its solid form. Water freezes into ice at 0°C (32°F), and when it warms up above that temperature, it melts back into water.
Fun experiment: Try putting an ice cube in a cup and watch how it melts faster if you hold the cup in your hands!
Ice melts due to a process called phase change, where a solid turns into a liquid. This happens when the ice absorbs enough heat energy to break the bonds holding its water molecules in a rigid structure. 🌡️
At temperatures above 0°C (32°F), the kinetic energy of the water molecules increases, causing them to vibrate more and eventually break free from their fixed positions. This is why ice left at room temperature or in sunlight melts into water.
Factors like pressure and impurities (like salt) can also affect melting. For example, salt lowers the freezing point of water, which is why we use it to melt ice on roads in winter.
Fun fact: Glaciers melt slowly over time due to climate change, contributing to rising sea levels. ❄️→🌊