Amazing Ice essays

Amazing Ice essays Life as we know it would not exist if ice were denser then liquid water. Rivers, lakes, and oceans control much of our climate, because large amounts of water take a very long time to heat up and cool down. So when at the beginning of summer the water is still cold from the winter, and at the beginning of winter the water is still moderately warm from the summer. That is why it is usually cooler on the lakefront. If ice happened to be even slightly denser the liquid water, then that means that it would sink. When winter came around when the water would freeze it would drop to the bottom of the body of water and sit there, and in the protection of the all the water above heat would never reach it and it would never melt. This means that over time whole oceans could freeze over. This would drastically drop the average temperature of our planet. It would be impossible for any type of water life would be impossible to live. Water is said to be our life source, our whole way about bringin g water to running faucets in homes would have to be different. We would have to figure a way to melt large amounts of this water for household uses. We might even have to buy our water in stores at obviously more expensive prices because of the more expensive process of obtaining water. If there were no water life many different kinds of Indians that relied on fish for their main source of food would have either perished or would have moved inland to find other ways to live. Many towns that rely on fish as a main export would also be less productive, such as Boston where most of the citys income is from lobster or other fish. The whole human body would be different; right now a person can only live without water for a few days. Humans would have to evolve into Camels to have any chance of survival in such harsh conditions. The list can go one forever on about how life would be so completely and utterly different from a slight change in t ...