alleryWater behaves anomalously by contracting on heating between which temperatures?
AZero and four degrees
BZero and nine degrees
CZero and sixty degrees
DZero and ninety degrees
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Zero and four degrees
1. Almost every substance expands when heated.
2. Water is the famous exception over a small range.
3. Water contracts on heating between 0 degrees and 4 degrees Celsius.
4. That anomaly is why lakes freeze from the top down.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part II, Ch 10 'Thermal Properties of Matter'_
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