If Liquid Water Froze at the Same Temperature at Which

question 66

Multiple Choice

If liquid water froze at the same temperature at which it is most dense,

• A) the surface of temperate-region lakes would tend to freeze before deeper regions.
• B) deeper regions of temperate-region lakes would tend to freeze before the surface.
• C) no thermocline would form in the summer in temperate-region lakes.
• D) the epilimnion would freeze first in temperate-region lakes.

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