Tasha just sat down to eat lunch with her 10-year old daughter on a hot summer day. The waiter comes by and asks for her drink order and she politely asks for water with ice and a Sprite for her daughter. The waiter returns with her drink order. Her daughter looks over and asks why the ice sits at the top of the glass.

Question

How should Tasha respond to her daughter's question? Consider the following in your answer:

What type of bonds hold a water molecule together?

Is water polar or nonpolar?

What happens when water freezes?

What does it mean to be less/more dense?

Why is freezing water extremely biologically relevant?

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Biology

Evelyn Graves

30 June, 20:38

Tasha just sat down to eat lunch with her 10-year old daughter on a hot summer day. The waiter comes by and asks for her drink order and she politely asks for water with ice and a Sprite for her daughter. The waiter returns with her drink order. Her daughter looks over and asks why the ice sits at the top of the glass.

Question

How should Tasha respond to her daughter's question? Consider the following in your answer:

What type of bonds hold a water molecule together?

Is water polar or nonpolar?

What happens when water freezes?

What does it mean to be less/more dense?

Why is freezing water extremely biologically relevant?

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Eric Gentry · Answer 1

(1) The best way to answer it to a kid is that basically, ice is lighter than water. Similarly, she can also say that the water is heavier than ice. We know of course that it has to be density; however, it will be much more difficult to refer to it as density to a kid.

(2) The type of bond that holds water molecules together is hydrogen bonding.

(3) When water freezes, it expands.

(4) The same is already explained in (1).

(5) It is extremely biologically relevant because it is considered as the universal solvent.