I’m not a huge natural science person, but I just wonder what the process of “transferring” temperature is from ice to drinks. And why does it happen fast?
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The atoms of hot things are moving fast while the atoms of slow things are moving slow. When one of the fast atoms of the hot thing bumps into one of the slow atoms of the cold thing, it transfers some of its energy from the hot atom to the cold atom. This slows down the hot atom, making it slower/colder and speeds up the cold atom making it faster/hotter.
So the ice melts and the drink gets colder.
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