Question

What happens when energy is removed from a liquid

Answer 1

A liquid becomes a solid when heat is removed. The energy content decreases, and the speed of the particles decrease.

When bonds form, heat energy is given off. This reaction is an exothermic reaction.

Answer 2

As energy is removed, the temperature of the liquid decreases.

If you keep removing even more energy from the liquid, then eventually its temperature reaches the melting/freezing temperature, and the liquid begins to undergo a change of state, and it changes to the solid form.