Answer letter a and b pls. 4. Water is less dense as a solid than as a liquid.A. Why can solid ice float on liquid water?B. When a lake freezes, how does the density of water prevent all of the living organisms in the lakefrom freezing as well?

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Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation

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Chapter14: Liquids And Solids

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4. Water is less dense as a solid than as a liquid.
A. Why can solid ice float on liquid water?
B. When a lake freezes, how does the density of water prevent all of the living organisms in the lake
from freezing as well?

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