Why Do Ice Cubes Get Smaller When Left in the Freezer

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why do ice cubes get smaller when left in the freezer for a long time?

• A)The ice cubes melt during the brief warming cycles of auto-defrost and freezer access, thus leaving the ice cubes smaller and making them stick together in clumps.
• B)The water molecules of the ice sublime from the solid to gaseous phase without ever entering a liquid phase.
• C)Both A and B occur.
• D)Neither A nor B accurately explain why ice cubes get smaller in the freezer over time.

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