Water is the less denser than Ice .Still it is swinging.
2007-01-17 22:39:25 · 6 answers · asked by Naddi S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
You are wrong! Water is not less dense than ice, but rather the reverse, i.e. water is denser than ice and this is for very good reason. If ice were to be denser than water, all ice forming in rivers, lakes and oceans would sink to the bottom and with time the whole water body would get frozen. Imagine the consequences of such an occurrence for all the fishes and other marine life: they would all perish before the ice defreezes. Apparently, it is to preserve such life that nature has had to reverse its own laws and make water heavier than ice, contrary to what your instinct tells you.
2007-01-17 23:52:03 · answer #1 · answered by Paleologus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is NOT less denser than ice. Density is mass/volume. When we freeze water to ice, ice will take more space than the original water. Thus same mass but more volume to ice. So Ice is less denser than water. This is the reason.
2007-01-17 22:59:06 · answer #2 · answered by mathewspsam 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice density is less than water density. Usually solid state is denser than liquid state of a given material, but water is an exception.
2007-01-17 22:45:41 · answer #3 · answered by Jano 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ice weigth will equal to weight of water displaced,so ice is floating
2007-01-17 22:45:07 · answer #4 · answered by maddy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DENSITY OF ICE IS LESS THAN DENSITY OF WATER
2007-01-18 00:57:07 · answer #5 · answered by amit m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must define 'Swinging'? As we don't know what you mean.
2007-01-17 22:53:17 · answer #6 · answered by wheeliebin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋