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it provides living creatures such as fish, insulation. If ice did not float, all of this ice would sink to the bottom of the body of water which not only cools the water temperature, but over time the entire body of water would freeze over except for a thin layer of water that forms during the summer. Life would not be able to exist the same way as it does today _______________ It is not at all important that ice floats. It is sufficient that ice floats.

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