Question

What changes occur in a glass of water when it is frozen?

Answer 1

I'd check out the Billy Nye the science guy website... see if you can get a good answer there.. . And I'd tell your child that they need to start on their reports a little sooner than the day before next time... but you probably already know that...

Answer 2

the water freezes and the glass breaks.

Answer 3

Silly question...but, you have plenty of time to do this experiment right?! . . Unless you don't have a freezer?! . . The water should just freeze...there's a chance the glass could break though. Not all glasses break though.. . Nice Comment There Clutch...At least they know to spell! Back To School You Go!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

it breaks the glass because the ice expands inside because when a liquid freezes to a solid the molicules slow down. if going the opposite way to a gass they speed up when heated.

Answer 6

The oxygen in the water collects and makes air bubbles. This makes the water turns to ice and expands and the glass break.

Answer 7

The ice freezing expands and the glass breaks.. . I should know-I've done it a few times.. . Oh -I gotta go check my metal utensils that have been in the microwave on high for thirty minutes(Sound of house burning...)

Answer 8

Water expands when it freezes due to the shape of the molecules. Most things don't expand as they freeze . there is a scientific explanation at the link below

Answer 9

It depends on how long it's been frozen.

Answer 10

water at room temperature is a liquid. This means the molecules have a weak bond and can move around to a limited extent (a gas, steam, has the weakest bond between molecules that move around the most). When you drop the temperature of a liquid, the molecules slow down, eventually to the point where a stronger bond can form; it becomes a solid. In the case of water (because of its unique polar structure where one side of the molecule is positively charged and other is negatively charged), the molecules arrange themselves in a 3-D pattern, called a matrix, that is less dense (takes up more room and will float) than the liquid state. This matrix causes the volume of the water be greater in a solid state than in a liquid state, and may cause the glass to break. Usually, if frozen slowly, the level of water in the glass just rises.