You Collect and Measure Samples of Ice and Surrounding Ice

question 26

Multiple Choice

You collect and measure samples of ice and surrounding ice water from a stream in the Winter.You find that you collected the same number of water molecules in each form.Water in the ice (solid) form floats in water of the liquid form because

• A) in the ice form, the same number of water molecules are found in a crystal form, yet total larger volume than the liquid water.
• B) in the ice form, the same number of water molecules are found in a solid, more compact volume than the liquid water.
• C) once the water molecules froze into ice, they became hydrophobic, and started repelling from the liquid.
• D) the ice is actively melting, since it was surrounded by the liquid water in the stream where it was collected.

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