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What type of phase change does glacier caves have?

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Glacier caves form when ice at the bottom of a glacier comes into contact with volcanically heated rock below. The heat of the rock causes some of the ice to melt into liquid water and flow downhill, creating tunnels under the glacier. As the solid ice melts into liquid water, its molecules gain more freedom to move around. The molecules of liquid water become free to slide around each other.

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