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(Q005) Which of the following statements is true?Group of answer choicesRoughly half of a floating block of ice lies below the surface of the water.Icebergs, by definition, are free-floating chunks of ice that are at least 6 m above water and at least 15 m long.Ice is denser than water.Tidewater glaciers are glaciers that experience movement due to the tides.

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(Q005) Which of the following statements is true?Group of answer choicesRoughly half of a floating block of ice lies below the surface of the water.Icebergs, by definition, are free-floating chunks of ice that are at least 6 m above water and at least 15 m long.Ice is denser than water.Tidewater glaciers are glaciers that experience movement due to the tides.

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The statement "Roughly half of a floating block of ice lies below the surface of the water" is true. This is due to the fact that ice is less dense than water. When ice floats, it displaces a volume of water that weighs the same as the ice. Because ice is about 90% as dense as water, about 90% of the volume of an iceberg (or any other floating piece of ice) is below the water line.

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