Jacob has a bucket of ice. He covers the bucket with a lid and sets it in the sun. The ice melts into liquid water. How does the mass of the ice compare with the mass of the water? A. The mass of the ice is the same as the mass of the water. B. The mass of the ice is more than the mass of the water. C. The mass of the ice is less than the mass of the water. D. There is no way to determine this from the information given.

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Keenan Ho

Physics

8 February, 18:32

Jacob has a bucket of ice. He covers the bucket with a lid and sets it in the sun. The ice melts into liquid water. How does the mass of the ice compare with the mass of the water? A. The mass of the ice is the same as the mass of the water. B. The mass of the ice is more than the mass of the water. C. The mass of the ice is less than the mass of the water. D. There is no way to determine this from the information given.

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Koba · Answer 1

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Explanation:

According to law of conservation of energy:

Mass (or energy) can neither be created nor destroyed but they can be changed into different forms.

As there is a lid on the bucket there is no evaporation happening, hence the mass will remain same.