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When liquid water freezes into ice, the water molecules form up into an orderly repeatin...

When liquid water freezes into ice, the water molecules form up into an orderly repeating pattern and it ceases to flow.

a. (E) According to Model 1 and your firsthand experiences, which takes up less space: H2O in the orderly repeating pattern found in ice or H2O in the fluid arrangement of molecules found in liquid water?

b. Is your answer to the previous question consistent with the fact that ice floats in water? Explain.

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