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📖 Why Salt Melts Ice

Salt can help melt ice because it lowers the freezing point of water. When salt dissolves in the thin layer of liquid water on an icy surface, the mixture must become colder than plain water before it freezes again. This is why road crews often spread salt on icy roads when temperatures are not extremely low. Salt is useful, but too much can damage plants and materials, so it must be used carefully.

1. What does salt do to the freezing point of water?

 

2. Why can salt help melt ice on roads?

 

3. Why is salt not always a perfect solution?

 

4. What is the main idea?

 

✏️ Writing

Write 1–2 paragraphs explaining one benefit and one drawback of using salt on icy roads.

➕ Math

1. 6 + 4 × 3 = ______
2. (6 + 4) × 3 = ______
3. 24 ÷ 6 + 5 = ______
4. Explain why the first two problems have different answers: __________________

🎨 Color & Create

Design a simple test comparing ice with and without salt.

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📖 Reading Answers

  1. It lowers it.
  2. The salty water must become colder before refreezing.
  3. Too much can damage plants and materials.
  4. Salt changes freezing behavior and can help melt ice, but it has drawbacks.

➕ Math Answers

  1. 18
  2. 30
  3. 9
  4. Order of operations: multiplication is done before addition unless parentheses change the order

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