Multiple choice

If you place 3 ice cubes in a glass of water at room temperature, which will occur?

  1. Energy from the water transfers to ice cubes; ice will melt.

  2. Energy transfers equally between ice cubes & water;no change

  3. Cold from ice cubes transfer to water; water freezes.

  4. Cold tranfers from ice/water mixture to air; air cools
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Explanation

Heat (thermal energy) always transfers spontaneously from a warmer object to a cooler object. In this scenario, energy from the warmer room-temperature water transfers to the colder ice cubes, causing the ice to absorb heat and melt.

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