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No, in fact, just the opposite. As water cools, the atoms move more slowly and the water actually decreases in volume. (however, only very slightly, as far as every day comparisons go)
But just above freezing the density starts to lower again. If it were not for this fact, oceans and ponds would freeze from the bottom up, and would never melt, and there would be no life on earth.
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What is unique about water as it gets colder and colder?
It's most dense at 4 degrees celsius. Get any lower and it takes up more volume. As a general rule, chemicals get denser as they get colder.
What will happen to the temperature of the ice cubes if they are placed into a glass of water at room temperature?
Over time, the ice cubes will melt and become one with the water, which will be slightly colder. Also, the water will not overflow.
What is the unusual behaviour of water when cooled below 4ºC?
Most matter contracts as it gets colder. Water is one of the few substance that expands (from 4 degrees Centigrade to 0).
Does a fridge temperature get warmer if the dial is on a higher number or colder?
A refrigerator gets colder when the number is turned higher.
Why is it when you stand further away from a fire you get colder?
Because the heat from fire can not reach very far and so when you stand farther away it gets colder. And you get colder which is what im sayin
What happens to snowflakes when air gets colder?
The snowflakes getting Bigger.
How does temperature work with water?
Hotter the temperature the hotter the water or the colder the temperature the colder the water gets
The density of ocean water increases when it?
Ocean water gets more dense as temperature goes down. So, the colder the water, the more dense it is. Increasing salinity also increases the density of sea water. Source: Science book.
Does the temperature of water rise when ice is melting in it?
The ice gets warmer, but the water gets colder.
The density of the ocean water increases when it?
gets colder
What water vapour does when it gets colder?
turns back into liquid water
A liquid that expands as it gets colder?
That would be water.
What happens when the temperature of the river drops?
The water gets colder.
What will cause a hurricane's strength to decrease?
the colder the water gets
Does water temperature get warmer or colder the further down you go?
Yes the water gets colder the further you go down. Colder water is in diffrent parts of the world. The coldest temperature water in the sea is in the Pacific.
Does melting ice make the water around it warmer or colder?
makes it colder since the ice that is melting is taking the heat in from the water around it to cause it to melt that is why you put ice in your ice water and it gets colder
When the density of ocean water increase?
Gets colder.
