Since the beginning of time, some people have believed that the earth is flat. beginning around 300 b. c., however, some began to wonder if the earth is actually spherical in shape. those that favored the flat earth theory made the following observations: the earth is stable because it is a flat landmass sandwiched between a flat layer of air and a flat layer of water. if the earth is spherical, then oceans should be curved on top, but they aren't. some rivers flow for hundreds of miles but only fall a few feet. the rivers should fall farther if the earth is spherical. if the earth is spherical, people and animals that inhabit the earth would notice as they walked along its surface. since mariners are able to use flat compasses to navigate their ships without crashing, the earth must not be a sphere. those that disputed the flat earth theory countered the claim by observing that christopher columbus was able to sail around the earth without falling off the edge and later, by presenting satellite imagery taken from space of a spherical earth. this example demonstrates that

The correct answer is "atomic weight".

The answer to your question really depends on three things: how much water you have, how cold it is to start out, and how cold the things around it are. water actually freezes when it gets to 32 degrees fahrenheit (0 degrees celsius), but the time it takes to get there may be different.  let's start with the first. if you take two glasses, and fill one with a tiny bit of water, and the other about halfway, then put them both in the freezer, the one with less water will freeze first (you can try this at home, but i recommend using plastic cups and not glass ones).  now let's move on to the second part. let's say you have two glasses, and you fill one with really cold water that has been in the refrigerator, and the other with really hot water from the sink. if you put both of them in the freezer, the one that started out colder will freeze first.  for the third part, let's imagine that you have two glasses with the same amount of water in them, and the water is at the same temperature. imagine putting one outside on a really really cold day in georgia, and having a friend in alaska put one outside on the same day. since it would be so much colder in alaska, the glass of water there would freeze before yours.  so, if you took a tiny bit of really cold water in a glass, and put it outside on a cold day in alaska, it would freeze a lot faster than a big glass of hot water outside on a cold day in georgia.