Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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How do icicles form? Best

From what I learned from this site, this is how icicles form: First of all, for all the people that don't already know, an icicle is a spike of ice that is formed when water dripping or falling from something freezes. Mostly, they are formed when either ice or snow is melted by sunlight or any other kind of heat source. This melted water runs in an area where the temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit(0 degrees Celsius). This causes the water to once again freeze. In the future, any more water runoff will cause the icicle to grow more and more. This is how an icicle is formed.

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