Cynthia sees that most of the ice in her iced tea has melted. Assuming the water and the ice are at the same temperature, what happened to the particles in her ice?

Answer 1

When the ice melts, the particles in the ice transition from a solid state to a liquid state. The particles remain the same, but their arrangement changes. In the solid ice, the particles are tightly packed together in a regular pattern. However, when the ice melts, the particles gain enough energy to break free from their fixed positions, allowing them to move more freely and take the shape of the container. Therefore, the particles in the ice did not disappear, but rather transformed from a solid arrangement to a liquid arrangement.