Containership empty Containership loaded with cargo Displaced water Harbor a A ship sinks until it displaces a volume of water equal in weight to the weight of the ship and its cargo. Continental crust Ocean crust Mountain, (2.7 g/cm3) (2.9 g/cm3) b Icebergs sink into water so that the same proportion of their volume (about 90%) is submerged. The more massive the iceberg, the greater this volume is. The large iceberg rides higher but also extends to a greater depth than the Mantle Mountain root small one. (3.2 g/cm3) Figure 3.10 The principle of buoyancy. C Continents are supported in a similar way. Cengage Leaming Cengage learning © Cengage Learning
Containership empty Containership loaded with cargo Displaced water Harbor a A ship sinks until it displaces a volume of water equal in weight to the weight of the ship and its cargo. Continental crust Ocean crust Mountain, (2.7 g/cm3) (2.9 g/cm3) b Icebergs sink into water so that the same proportion of their volume (about 90%) is submerged. The more massive the iceberg, the greater this volume is. The large iceberg rides higher but also extends to a greater depth than the Mantle Mountain root small one. (3.2 g/cm3) Figure 3.10 The principle of buoyancy. C Continents are supported in a similar way. Cengage Leaming Cengage learning © Cengage Learning
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Steel is heavier than water. How can a steel ship float?
Transcribed Image Text:Containership
empty
Containership
loaded with cargo
Displaced water
Harbor
a A ship sinks until it displaces a volume of water equal in
weight to the weight of the ship and its cargo.
Continental crust
Ocean crust
Mountain,
(2.7 g/cm3)
(2.9 g/cm3)
b Icebergs sink into water so that the same proportion of their volume (about
90%) is submerged. The more massive the iceberg, the greater this volume
is. The large iceberg rides higher but also extends to a greater depth than the
Mantle
Mountain root
small one.
(3.2 g/cm3)
Figure 3.10 The principle of buoyancy.
C Continents are supported in a similar way.
Cengage Leaming
Cengage learning
© Cengage Learning
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