SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Freezing
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Condensation
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Melting
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Evaporation
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Detailed explanation-1: -The process of a solid becoming a liquid is called melting (an older term that you may see sometimes is fusion). The opposite process, a liquid becoming a solid, is called solidification.
Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of Solid to Liquid (Melting) Ice to water-Ice melts back into water when it is left out at temperatures above the freezing point of 32 degrees. Rocks to lava-Rocks in volcanoes can be heated until they are molten lava. Metal to molten liquid-Metals such as steel and bronze can be molten down.
Detailed explanation-3: -Melting. The process by which a solid gets converted to a liquid is called melting. You have probably seen this many times. Ice melts into water, your ice-cream melts to a liquidy mess and so do many other solids. Melting is a physical change.
Detailed explanation-4: -Melting is the change of state from a solid to a liquid.