do know if ice floats on water?

Question

water

Answer 1

Of course - it is less dense (approximately 9% less dense than freshwater).

Answer 2

Yes, ice does float. But do you know why?

As water cools it becomes more dense until just before the freezing point (around 4C degrees). At that point the water becomes less dense and by the time it reaches a point where it becomes solid, it's less dense than water (the liquid).

The other cool thing about water is that it is one of the few items that you can have in all three states (solid, liquid & gas) at once. Just take a piece of ice and drop it into a very hot pan and you will see the solid ice, with water around it and steam rising.

Answer 3

Frozen water is less dense then water

Water is most dense at 4 degrees Celcius and less dense at 0 C.

Answer 4

yes ice floats on water. put ice cubes in a cup of water...they float...look at the cold places. the rivers, ponds, streams, sometimes oceans, when they are frozen...there is ice on top...that is b/c it is floating on the top surface of the water.

Answer 5

ice floats on water as it becomes less dense when it freezes. this is the only matter that becomes less dense when it freezes. it allows fishes and other water creatures to survive otherwise they would be left without water to swin in if their lake or sea were to freeeze.