Question

As liquid water becomes ice, the space between water molecules increases.
Which property of water does this change describe?
Choose 1 answer:
Water molecules have adhesive properties.
Water has a high boiling point
Water has a high specific heat capacity.
Water is less dense as a solid than a liquid.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The first answer doesn't make since because it should say cohesive. Water has a high boiling point is true but nothing to do with solidifying.  Water has a high specific heat capacity is not true because this represents when it is heated.

Answer:  Water is less dense as a solid than a liquid

Answer 2

As liquid water becomes ice, the space between water molecules increases because Water is less dense as a solid than a liquid.

Water is less dense as a solid than a liquid.

Because of the hexagonal packing inside its crystalline structure, water's solid form (ice) is less dense than its liquid form.

When the molecules are in a liquid condition, this lattice has more room than when they are solid.

Ice has a hexagonal structure. Ice is classified as a mineral since it is a naturally occurring crystalline inorganic solid with an ordered structure.

It has a regular crystalline structure based on water's molecular structure of a single oxygen atom covalently bound to two hydrogen atoms: H-O-H.

Temperature affects the density of ice and water.

Because most substances' solid forms are denser than their liquid forms, a block of a particular solid will typically sink in its corresponding liquid.

A block of ice, on the other hand, floats in liquid water because ice is less dense than water.

Hence, the correct answer is D.

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