Marissa is an extremely curious sixth grader. During a snow day she looked out her window and saw a truck spreading something all over the road. After the truck went past Marissa's house, she had a snack, put on her snow boots, hat, coat and gloves and went outside to play. She walked over to the edge of her driveway and observed salt all over the roadway, but not the sidewalks or her driveway. She also observed some of the snow and ice had melted off the roadway but not her driveway or sidewalks. She wondered if the ice and snow melting was due to the salt?