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Why ice is lighter than water? Hydrogen bonding gives ice a rather open structure with wide holes. Thus for same volume of water and ice , ice has less mass so it is lighter than water.
Ice is less dense than liquid water. Water is a member of a very exclusive group of substances that are less dense as a solid than as a liquid. It is very important that ice floats and has numerous biological impacts; namely, all life on earth.