What happens to the kinetic energy of molecules when an ice cream melts the molecules?
What happens to the kinetic energy of molecules when an ice cream melts the molecules? As ice melts into water, kinetic energy is being added to the particles. This causes them to be 'excited' and they break the bonds that hold them together as a solid, resulting in a change of state: solid -> liquid. What happens to the molecules when ice cream melts? Show an animation of ice melting. Point out that the water molecules in ice vibrate but don't move past each other. As the temperature increases they begin to vibrate more. As the ice melts, the orderly...