What happens when water freezes?

Question

How does the level of the ice in the container compare with the original level of the water?
What happened to the physical properties of the water when it changed to ice?

Answer 1

What happens when water freezes?

PROCDURE
1. Pour water into a graduated cylinder or small beaker so that it is about half-filled.
2. Mark the level of water with a small piece of masking tape.
3. Place the uncovered water container of water in the freezer until all of the water turns to ice.

ANALYSIS
1. How does the level of the ice in the container compare with the original level of the water?

* The level is higher than the orignal amount.



2. What happened to the physical properties of the water when it changed to ice?

* The physical properties were changed by expansion of the molecules. This in which made the water bigger in size.

Answer 2

When ice freezes, the hydrogen bonds become more stable. This causes the water molecules to become more organized into a lattice structure. This causes the volume of ice to be greater than the original volume of water.

Answer 3

Hi. The water molecules change from an unstructured liquid to an orderly pattern of molecules. Just think of a snowflake. The ordered pattern takes up more space than the liquid.

Answer 4

Volume increases by about 10% due to the formation of a more "organised" crystalline structure

Answer 5

When water freezes, it expands and solidifies; thus producing ice.

Answer 6

the change is in the struture of the water molecules. they lose a degree of freedom and are locked into place

Answer 7

it expands