Physics
Explain the following:
A glass bottle completely filled with water and tightly closed at room temperature, is likely to burst when kept in the freezer of a refrigerator.
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Explain the following:
Fishes survive in ponds even when the atmospheric temperature is below 0°C.
Explain the following:
A hollow glass sphere which floats with it's entire volume submerged in water at 4°C, sinks when water is heated above 4°C.
Describe an experiment to show that water has maximum density at 4°C. What important consequences follow from this peculiar property of water? Discuss the importance of this phenomenon in nature.
Draw a diagram showing the temperature of various layers of water in an ice covered pond.