Question

Why does ice float on water? I want my answer to be in a precise manner and in an understandable manner for a grade 6 student.

Answer 1

Answer:

Density factor

Explanation:

Ice floats on water.

This is due to the factor of density.

Actually, ice has density slightly less than that of water.

This is because, ice has a cage like structure.

This allows it to have more volume thus reducing the density.

So, for equal masses of water and ice, we have,

the volume of ice is more than that of water, thus resulting in the density of ice less than that of water.

The formula of density is, d = mass/Volume

It's SI unit is Kg/m^3.