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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.
This prevents the water in bottoms of the water bodies from freezing at winter period, thus protect aquatic life. Difference Between Water and Ice. - Ice is the solid form of water. - Ice has a certain crystalline structure, but water does not have such a regular arrangement of molecules. - Water molecules are more compactly arranged in ice than in water. For this, hydrogen bonds play a major role in ice.