How steadily supplying thermal energy to a sample of ice will
affect its particles and its physical state.

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Explanation:

As the ice absorbs the thermal energy, its temperature rises. At some point, the temperature stops rising and begins to change to liquid water. This process is called melting. The thermal energy causes the particles of the ice to vibrate rapidly causing the change of state.

a rain shadow is a dry region of land on the side that is protected against the prevailing winds of a mountain range. the prevailing winds are the winds that occur most of the time in a particular place of the earth

prevailing winds carry air toward the mountain range. as the air rises up over a mountain range, the air cools, water vapor condenses, and clouds form. on this side of the mountains, called the windward side, precipitation falls in the form of  rain  or snow. this dry air produces a  rain shadow.