Does the human body expand when it freezes?

Subject: Does the human body expand when it freezes?

Date: Tue Apr 1 08:47:49 2008
Posted by Brian
Grade level: 10-12 School: Yates Center High School
City: Yates Center State/Province: KS Country: No country entered.
Area of science: General Biology
ID: 1207064869.Gb

Message:


Since the human body is mostly water and water expands as it freezes, does the 
human body expand when they freeze? This was a question posed to me by one of 
my students and I told him that I really did not know. I would imagine that it 
might expand a little, but I'm not for sure.

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