Question

When most liquids are frozen, the molecules get closer together. In water, however, hydrogen bonds cause individual water molecules to remain farther apart. Which of the following properties of water does this best explain?

Water is colorless and odorless.Water is an excellent solvent.Ice is less dense than liquid water.Ice melts at 0 degrees Celsius.

Answer 1

ice is less dense than liquid water.

this is because the particles are further apart (due to hydrogen bonding), so in the same volume there are LESS particles in ice than there is in the same volume of water.

Answer 2

The correct answer is - ice is less dense than liquid water.

Step-by-step explanation:

In most of the liquid when they get freeze their molecules come closer to each other, however, in the case of the water the molecules come closer to form a crystalline lattice structure with low energy.

But when it forms crystal the water molecules are pushed apart farther as they have hydrogen bond in them. It causes the property of denser water than ice.

Thus, the correct answer is - ice is less dense than water.