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What happens to water molecules when a large quantity of thermal energy is added to water in the liquid state?

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Continued heating of liquid water causes the molecules to vibrate even faster, steadily raising the temperature, Freezing When liquid water freezes, it releases thermal energy and turns into the solid-state, ice.

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The molecules gain kinetic energy, more farther apart, and become a gas.

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