Water is unusual because it expands as it freezes, Very few substances have this property. The reason liquid water is more dense then
ice can be best explained by?

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When liquid water is cooled, it contracts until a temperature of approximately 4 degrees Celsius is reached. After that, it expands slightly until it reaches the freezing point, and then when it freezes it expands by approximately 9%. When water freezes, water molecules form a crystalline structure maintained by hydrogen bonding. Ice is less dense than water because the orientation of hydrogen bonds causes molecules to push farther apart, which lowers the density.

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D.) Water is polar and the positive and negative ends of the molecule attract each other.

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