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If you were to break off a piece of this ice and melt it, would the water taste fresh or salty? Explain your answer.

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Final answer:

When ice is melted, the water will taste fresh because ice is made up of pure water molecules without any impurities or salt.

Step-by-step explanation:

When you break off a piece of ice and melt it, the water will taste fresh. Ice is made up of pure water molecules, so when it melts, it becomes liquid water without any impurities or salt. The taste of the water will depend on the quality of the ice and any other substances it may have come into contact with. For example, if the ice was made with purified water, the melted water should taste clean and refreshing.

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The answer is that water will taste salty.

That is if we were to break off a piece of sea ice and melt it, the water would taste salty.

Water in the ocean makes the crystalline structure of ice when water molecules interacts with each other and salt ions. That is the reason that is the water will taste salty.

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