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describe how molecular motion and distance between molecules change as ice is heated to become a liquid and the gas

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The conversion of heat to kinetic energy inside the water molecules causes the motion of the molecules to increase. The distance between molecules widens when the molecules move more quickly and clash more frequently. (As more heat is absorbed, the distance between molecules for solids, liquids, and gases widens)

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