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: [[Verb]]: '''To Freeze'''
: [[Present Participle]]: '''Freezing'''
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The [[water]] at this [[waterfall]] has [[frozen]].
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |When the [[liquid]] wax drips down the side of a candle it '''freezes''' because it has cooled down.
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==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
'''Freezing''' is when a [[liquid]] turns into a [[solid]].
===About Freezing===
: A [[liquid]] can '''freeze''' when its gets cold enough.
: '''Freezing''' is a [[Reversible Changes|reversible]] process. When a [[liquid]] '''freezes''' you can always [[Melting|melt]] it back into a [[liquid]].
: You can make a liquid freeze by cooling it.
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|+ When you cool a [[liquid]]:
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|[[File:ParticleModelFreezing.png|center|600px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:left;" |The [[particle]]s in the [[liquid]] slow down until they are slow enough that [[force]]s between the [[particle]]s start to hold them in fixed positions. The [[particle]]s become stuck in fixed positions which makes the [[State of Matter|state]] a [[solid]].
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