Study Guide for Campbell Biology
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ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
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Chapter 52, Problem 12TYK
Where would you find the coldest water in a lake that has frozen over in winter?
- a. at the bottom of the lake
- b. just beneath the ice at the surface
- c. in a thermocline separating layers of warmer water at the surface and the bottom of the lake
- d. everywhere—the water would be uniformly cold throughout the lake
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