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Some help with this question please?
a) An ice cube floats in a glass of water. When the ice melts, will the water level in the glass rise, fall, or remain unchanged? Justify your answer.
b) If the ice had been made from pure water, and the water in the glass was salt water (denser than pure water) how would this change your answer, if at all? Justify your answer.
for a) I am assuming the water level will not change, as the ice cube will have already increased the water level when it was placed in the glass, and when it melts it will remain at this level as it is simply just turning to liquid. Any better way of explaining that?
for b) - would the ice float higer on the surface as it is less dense than the water in the glass - and therefore displace less water as an ice cube, but when it melts the water level will rise - as it is still the same mass of ice as before? Not sure?
Thanks in advance!
a) An ice cube floats in a glass of water. When the ice melts, will the water level in the glass rise, fall, or remain unchanged? Justify your answer.
b) If the ice had been made from pure water, and the water in the glass was salt water (denser than pure water) how would this change your answer, if at all? Justify your answer.
for a) I am assuming the water level will not change, as the ice cube will have already increased the water level when it was placed in the glass, and when it melts it will remain at this level as it is simply just turning to liquid. Any better way of explaining that?
for b) - would the ice float higer on the surface as it is less dense than the water in the glass - and therefore displace less water as an ice cube, but when it melts the water level will rise - as it is still the same mass of ice as before? Not sure?
Thanks in advance!