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What property of water best helps aquatic life survive in lakes during the winter?

A.
water has a high surface tension

B.
water is a polar molecule

C.
water is a universal solvent

D.
water is less dense as a solid than as a liquid

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Water is less dense as a solid than as a liquid the answer is D


The property that helps aquatic life survive is water is less dense as a solid than as a liquid.

Water are very important to aquatic life because its serves as their abode. During heat period, below level are rarely hot which proves how much beneficial water is to their existence.

  • During the winter, water expands and it freezes. A freeze-water is less dense than the surrounding liquid water, so, its float on the surface.

  • This process prevent the below level of the water to freeze because the ice floating prevent more cold air into the beneath of the water.

In conclusion, the aquatic live stays below the water to prevent been affected by the low temperature in winter.

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