"What would the world be like if solid water (ice) was denser than liquid water?"?

Answer 1

Global warming, resulting in the melting of the ice caps, would in turn reduce the sea levels, revealing more land

Answer 2

The ice caps would be completely below water, raising the water level drastically. Water is the only liquid that expands when it freezes, so technically, the ice caps take up more space now than they would if they were liquid. On the other hand, since the ice is less dense, it floats, meaning that a good part of the ice caps are actually above the water. If they were less dense, they would sink, and the water levels could eliminate a good portion of the coastal areas on the planet.

Answer 3

The ice would displace the melted water in the Artic, or any other body of water. Water levels would rise, and there would be less land mass covering the Earth and a great percentage of water covering the surface of the Earth. Less land for people to live on, greater popuation density, food shortage, etc.

Answer 4

The ice would go to the bottom first, so it would take much longer for the surfaces of lakes to freeze over, making ice skating harder

Answer 5

Life would not be too well supported in fresh water lakes of a certain temperature range.

Answer 6

sea level will rise, arctic wil dissappear, titanic would still be alive, penguins go extinct, polar bears will be extremely endangered

btw Alex with the PHD, how would melting of the iceberg decrease sea level? melting iceberg=more water=less land

Answer 7

It would be harder to operate ice boats.

Ice cube trays could have straight sides.

Glaciers would move faster down hill (maybe).

Answer 8

Shallow ponds would freeze solid from the bottom up, killing everything in them.

Answer 9

eveybody would be swimmimg on top of the water