Where has it gone?/Where does it go?

[diamondcutter]

We have all played with snow and ice. When a piece of ice is taken into a warm room, it becomes smaller and smaller, until in the end it disappears completely. Where has it gone? It has been turned into water by the heat.

Source: an English textbook for junior high school students in China, People’s Education Press

Could I change the last two sentences using the simple present as follows?

Where does it go? It is turned into water by the heat.

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes.

 

[diamondcutter]

Thanks, Rover.

I want to make sure if both the present perfect and the simple present are correct for the last two sentences.

 

[GoesStation]

They are.