During the winter months, water on the surface of a pond will typically freeze and this ice acts as an insulator for the water beneath it. as a result, aquatic life is able to survive during the cold winter. the reason that this water expands upon freezing is due to

When water freezes, the hydrogen bonding that creates its hexagonal shape causes the water molecules to expand out and take up more volume. As a result, its less dense than liquid water and it floats.

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many phylogenetic trees have a single lineage at the base representing a common ancestor. a lineage that evolved early from the root and remains unbranched is called basal taxon. when two lineages stem from the same branch point, they are called sister taxa.

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