Download App

Water — CHEMISTRY STD 8 — Question

ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8CHEMISTRYWater1 Mark
Question
Give reason of Ice floats on water.
✓

Answer

Ice has a low density as compared to water. Water has a maximum density at $4^\circ C$. That is why ice floats on water.

Need a full question paper?

Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.

Start Generating Free

Explore more

More "[1 Mark Question Answer]" from Water→Water — all question types→CHEMISTRY STD 8 question papers→ICSE Board STD 8 question papers→ICSE Board question paper generator→

Similar questions

Write the correct statements:
Copper carbonate on strong heating leaves behind a residue which is green in colour.
→
Write the correct statements:
Sodium is a radioactive metal.
→
Classify the following as a physical or a chemical change. Butter getting rancid
→
Is change of state of matter $–$ a physical or a chemical change. Give reasons.
→
Name a process by which hydrogen gas is manufactured.
→
Define the following : Adsorption
→
Balance the following equation: $\ce{N_2} + \ce{H_2\rightarrow NH_3}$
→
Name the products formed when : diamond is burnt in air at $900^\circ C$.
→
Write the correct statements:
A shining silver mass is left behind when hydrogen gas is passed for long time over heated black copper oxide.
→
Define the following terms:
(b) Hard water
→