Which statement accurately describes what happens when ice melts in terms of energy? The ice releases energy which causes the water molecules to have less kinetic and potential energy, changing their configuration from solid to liquid. The ice releases energy which causes chemical bonds to break, changing the ice to water. The ice absorbs energy which causes the water molecules to have more kinetic and potential energy, changing their configuration from a solid to a liquid. The ice absorbs energy which causes chemical bonds to break, changing ice to water.

"The ice absorbs energy which causes the water molecules to have more kinetic and potential energy, changing their configuration from a solid to a liquid" is the statement accurately describes what happens when ice melts in terms of energy.

Option C

Explanation:

Melting is the process of conversion from solid phase to liquid phase. So they require energy to break the bonds or to make the molecules attain higher kinetic energy. Thus the process of melting is endothermic in nature.

As they will absorb heat energy from the surrounding and it will increase the kinetic energy of the water molecules present in ice. This increase in kinetic energy will help to move the molecules freely leading to conversion of their configuration from solid state to liquid state.

Hence, when ice melts, the ice absorbs energy which causes the water molecules to have more kinetic and potential energy, changing their configuration from a solid to liquid.

your answer is a. the enthalpy of formation for a pure element in its standard state is always positive.