Why does ice float in liquid water?

Ice floats because it is about 9% less dense than liquid water. In other words, ice takes up about 9% more space than water, so a liter of ice weighs less than a liter water. The heavier water displaces the lighter ice, so ice floats to the top. One consequence of this is that lakes and rivers freeze from top to bottom, allowing fish to survive even when the surface of a lake has frozen over. If ice sank, the water would be displaced to the top and exposed to the colder temperature, forcing rivers and lakes to fill with ice and freeze solid.

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Definately D! Ice is less dense than liquid water because of the crystalline lattice formed by the hydrogen bonds which in turn makes it float.

A substance floats if it is less dense, or has less mass per unit volume hence the answer is a) Open your book the answer is there!

Because there's air trapped inside the ice. Keeping it afloat.

ice floats in water because ice has less density than water. ice is formed at 0 degreen celcius and water contracts upto 4 degree celcius and the it begins to expand. its net expansion is more than its contraction.d.) Hydrogen bonds stabalize and keep the molecules of ice farther apart than the water molecules of liquid water ' is also a reason behind it.

It's the same reason a ship floats on water. It's called buoyancy. the buoyancy has to be high for the object to float.

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