A student placed an ice cube on a table and observed it for five minutes. He noticed that the ice cube seemed to get smaller and was now surrounded by a small puddle of water. Explain what happened to the ice cube. Be sure to tell what caused the ice cube to change and how the puddle of water formed. When will the temperature of the ice cube stabilize?

the ice became smaller and turned to liquid because of the absorption of heat from the surrounding of the ice cube which makes it to change its form from solid to liquid

the earths atmosphere is made up of nitrogen and oxygen. solids can turn into gasses through a process called sublimation. sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase, without passing through the intermediate liquid phase.

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