How can there be more heat energy in an iceberg than in a pot of boiling water

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Mills

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11 July, 11:23

How can there be more heat energy in an iceberg than in a pot of boiling water

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Benjamin Barton · Answer 1

Although an iceberg is cold and a pot of boiling water is hot, there is more heat energy in an iceberg because there are more molecules moving around. An iceberg is much bigger than a pot of boiling water, so even though it's not hot, it will have more molecules that are creating more heat energy than in a pot of boiling water.