if we think of heat as energy, what do we consider something like simple ice cubes?

Question

So we consider heat to be energy. But what is the reaction of putting ice cubes into a drink? Is this not energy too?

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Answer 1

both the drink and the ice cube have energy. the ice cube just has much less energy. what is happening is it is balancing between both the water and ice. so your drink ends up with less average energy and you interpret that as colder.

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imagine the ice cube is a guy with $1 dollar, and you have $99. you average your money and now both of you have $50. You have lost money, even though the total amount did increase