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What happens to the water supply when icecaps and glaciers are formed? Water increases. Water decreases Water changes to gas. Water remains the same.​

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Answer:

Water volume remains the same.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ice formation is a phase change from liquid to solid. The ice is less dense so its volume gets larger. Warm it up, melt the ice and it will return to the same volume it had as a liquid.

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