Why does an ice float in water?

The reason why ice will float in water is because ice is not as dense as water, therefore, it floats.

yes, ice does float in water. it will eventually melt and change into water.

Ice float on water because the density is lower.

The reason why ice will float on the surface of water is because ice has less density than water.

Ice cubes do float on water.

I think that salty ice cube do float in water because ice bergs float it water and they're made of salty water. i think i depends on the density (Amount of salt) in the ice

Ice is less dense than water and will float on water.

Ice float on ocean waters.

Water floats when it is in the solid phase, called ice. Ice floats because the density of ice is less than the density of water.

The ability for something to float on another substance is related to the density and since ice is LESS dense than water it would float on top of water, not water on top of ice. In other words, water is more dense than ice and thus no.

density of ice float is less than water and more than Ethanol.

Yes, ice will float in water because ice is less dense than water, you can think about how an iceberg floats in the ocean too.

because ice has less dense than water

Ice is made out of H2O which is water and ice is expanded water making it lighter than what water really is while alcohol cannot be frozen at 0 degrees celcius, ice will not float in alcohol.

ice is less dencity then water

Yes. Hail is ice. Ice floats in water.

Ice Cube would float higher in Mercury.

Under normal circumstances, ice does float in water because it is less dense.

Ice float in water because ice is less densier than the upthrust in water .Ice sinks in corn oil because ice is more densier than the upthrust in corn oil.

Ice does not float in diesel. I had a container with diesel and water. I dropped an ice cube into the container and it sinks until it reaches the boundary layer with the water.

Pure water ice cubes always float. They float because the molecules of water rearrange into a crystalline shape when they freeze. That arrangement leaves more empty space between the molecules of water which reduces the density of the water in ice form. Lower density objects float on higher density liquids.

The density of ice is lower than the density of water; ice float on water.

Ice is lighter (less dense) than water. Which is why ice can float on the surface of water.

Hail is just ice, so it will float in water.

An ice cube would float in any type of liquid. It would float higher in mercury than water because mercury is denser.

ice is less dense then water

Ice Cubes do float! This is because the density of ice is less than the density of liquid water.

Ice floats in the water because of its lesser density.

No. That's why water doesn't float on top of ice.

Because ice and oil are less dense that water.

It is because water is more dense than ice.

Yes ice will float in cold water or any water for the matter. For example icebergs are in fridge cold water (for the ocean can be extremely cold because of the salt and thus takes a colder temperature to freeze) and this still are afloat. Ice will actually float in warm or hot water for a bit until it is dissolved. So yes it can float in any sort of water despite the temperature.

The word is "iceberg". Ice is less dense than water, therefore, it will float on water.

The simple answer is that anything that has less density than water will float.

Yes. It'll float better (higher) in the salty water than it does in fresh water.

A chunk of ice will float higher in water than an ice cube only if the ice chunk is larger than the ice cube.

Only an altered egg float.

Ice is expanded water, so is less dense that the water it floats in. Being less dense, and so lighter, the ice will float on water with at least one third (approximately) above the surface

When water is frozen, it expands, so ice has a greater volume than water. Also, since density is the volume of an object divided by its mass, and since ice has the same mass as water, the density of ice is slightly less than water, causing it to float on water.

Yes, neptune has water and ice in their gases that float through the planet.

Ice cubes are less dense than water.

Ice has a lower density than water.

it floats beacause there is water in it

They don't, ice cubes float in water. Unlike most substances the solid form of water is less dense than its liquid form causing it to float.

No, it depens on what solution it is floating or sinking in. If the solution happens to be more dense than the ice, then ice will float. However, ice will always float on water. See related question below for more information.

Ice is a form of water that will float on the surface of the ocean.

No, why else would it float? It would have to be less to make it float in water.

Yes. Anything that is less dense than water will float on water.

Because when water freezes it becomes less dense therefore it can float on top of water.

Ice floats in water whenever you PUT ice in water, That's so simple. Whenever you put ice in water it floats ALL THE TIME!