Plzzz Help Water has a unique property. Like most liquids, it becomes denser as it cools, but at 4°C it reaches maximum density. Solid ice is less dense than liquid water, which is why ice floats. How would this property protect aquatic life in a lake?

A. The lake would not freeze solid.

B. Predators would be kept out of the lake.

C. Dissolved oxygen would remain in the lake.

D. Heat would be conducted away from the lake.