Containership empty Containership loaded with cargo Displaced water Harbor 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/cm) (2.9 g/cm) 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/cm?) Figure 3.10 The principle of buoyancy. Continents are supported in a similar way. GujuJee] abebuago BujuJee ebrtueg e
Containership empty Containership loaded with cargo Displaced water Harbor 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/cm) (2.9 g/cm) 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/cm?) Figure 3.10 The principle of buoyancy. Continents are supported in a similar way. GujuJee] abebuago BujuJee ebrtueg e
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Steel is heavier than water. How can a steel ship float?
![Containership
empty
Containership
loaded with cargo
Displaced water
Harbor
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/cm)
(2.9 g/cm)
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/cm?)
Figure 3.10 The principle of buoyancy.
Continents are supported in a similar way.
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Transcribed Image Text:Containership
empty
Containership
loaded with cargo
Displaced water
Harbor
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/cm)
(2.9 g/cm)
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/cm?)
Figure 3.10 The principle of buoyancy.
Continents are supported in a similar way.
GujuJee] abebuago
BujuJee ebrtueg e
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