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Asked by AKSHAY GURU VARADHARAJAN · CHRYSALIS HIGH, HORAMAVU

Monty fully filled a glass bottle with water, put a stopper on it and placed it upright in the freezer overnight. When he looked at it in the morning, the stopper was out of the bottle and a column of ice had emerged through the opening of the bottle.
Which one of the following is the best explanation for what Monty had observed?

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A A) The bottle had contracted when it was put in the freezer and the water could no longer fit into it.
B Extra water condensed from the air in the freezer and then froze to form the column of ice.
C The bottle and stopper had contracted, allowing the water to pour out and form the ice column.
D The volume of water had increased when the water froze, forcing the stopper out of the bottle and forming the column of ice.