The density of ice is 916.7 kilograms per cubic meter at 0 degrees Celsius under atmospheric pressure. Columbia Glacier, in Alaska, loses about 4 billion metric tons of ice each year. About what volume of water melts from the glacier each year?
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B 3,666.8 billon cubic meters
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To find the volume of water that melts from the Columbia Glacier each year, we first need to convert the mass of ice lost into volume.
Given:
Density of ice = 916.7 kilograms per cubic meter
Mass of ice lost annually = 4 billion metric tons = 4,000,000,000,000 kilograms
To convert the mass into volume, we can use the formula:
Volume = Mass / Density
Plugging in the values, we get:
Volume = 4,000,000,000,000 kg / 916.7 kg/m³
Now, we need to convert metric tons to kilograms. Since 1 metric ton is equal to 1000 kilograms, we can multiply the mass by 1000:
Volume = 4,000,000,000,000,000 kg / 916.7 kg/m³
Now, we can simplify the equation:
Volume = 4,359,108,513,448.76 m³
Therefore, approximately 4,359,108,513,448.76 cubic meters of water melt from the Columbia Glacier each year.