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Why is ice floating on water unusual?

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if the room temperature is 0 or above celcius, then it will be water, however if it is -0 celcius, then it will be ice. So to get both ice and water at the same time would be quite strange as the temperatures would have to be very different.

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Will a glass of water filled to the brim with a cube of ice floating in it rise when ice melts?

No. The ice will melt such that it fills the volume of ice that the submerged part of the cube displaces.


When a block of ice floating on water in a container melts what happens to the volume of water in the container it increases or decreases?

Strictly speaking, the volume of water will increase. For example, if you have a 200 gram chunk of ice floating in 1000 ml of water, the volume of the water itself is 1000 ml. When the ice melts, the volume of water will be 1200 ml. However, if you're asking whether the water level in the container will go up or down, the answer is "neither." The ice displaces an amount of water equal to the mass of the ice. When the ice melts, the mass does not chance, so the amount of the original water displaced by the melted ice does not change. Hence, the water level will remain the same.


Is there more of an iceberg under or over the water?

In water, most of any piece of floating ice is under the surface,and only a small amount of it is above the surface.


Is an icecube less dense than liquid water?

Yes. This is shown by floating an icecube on liquid water. Anything denser than water, such as metal, will sink in water. Ice floats because when it freezes, the molecules form hexagonal shapes, and air gets trapped between the frozen water molecules, causing it to float.


When ice cube floating in a tumbler of water melts completely why there is no overflow of water?

Its actually quite simple. The answer would be Anomalous expansion of Water, which means that the volume the Ice cubes are consuming in a glass filled upto the brim is more than water alone. When Ice melts and comes back into water form, it uses lesser volume (space) in the glass. Hence it does not allow the glass to overflow as the person pouring into the glass had poured in keeping into view the level of the ice (which uses more volume).

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What is unusual about the temperature of a mixture of ice and water as the ice is being melted?

Unlike almost all comparable mixtures, the ice is floating. In almost any other mixture, the ice would sink to the bottom.


Icebergs ?

A lage chunk of ice floating in the water, most of it is in the water.


What are large pieces of ice floating in the water called?

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What evidence in the picture proves ice has less density than water?

the ice cubes are floating in the water


Why is the ice shelf floating?

The ice is less dense than the ocean water.


What force keeps ice floating in water?

the density


What is an example of a density?

ice floating on top of water because water has more density than ice.


What unusual fact about ice causes it to float in water?

Ice has a lower density than water.


Why does the water level of the great lakes remain the same even if a chunk of floating ice melts in it?

Floating ice is already in the water, so its melting causes no rise in lake levels.


What is an ice shelf?

an ice shelf is a shelf of ice, which is floating on the water. There are several large ice shelves around Antarctica.


What is the benefit of floating ice?

The question is meaningless. Ice floats on water because it is lighter than water that how it is there is no advantage or disadvantage.


Ice floating on water more or less dense?

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