Due to its high specific heat capacity, the temperature of the liquid water beneath the ice is higher than that of ice above it.
The temperature of the liquid water will be at 4°C.
The specific heat capacity of a substance is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of that substance by one degree Celsius.
Substances with high specific heat capacity usually require a large amount of heat for the temperature of the substance to be raised or by 1°C.
Water has a high specific heat capacity. Hence water, requires a large amount of heat for its temperature to be raised by 1°C. Also, water being a poor conductor of heat gains as well as loses heat slowly.
Therefore, in frozen body of water, the high specific heat keeps the temperature of the liquid water beneath the ice higher than that of ice.
The temperature of the liquid water will be at 4°C since this is the temperature water is most dense.
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