Why does ice float on liquid water?
Q: A block of wood weighing 600 N floats in fresh water. What volume of water does it displace?
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Q: Ships or commercial boats are made of metals which are denser than water but they still float on…
A: The ship uses the concept of buoyancy in water during its motion. When the ship travels in water…
Q: Two cups are filled to the same level with water. One of the two cups has ice cubes floating in it.…
A: Two cups are filled to the same level with water. One of the two cups has ice cubes floating in it.…
Q: Consider a rectangular swimming pool of depth 1 m with a width and length of 20 m. What is the total…
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Q: An aluminum boat is floating in a swimming pool. A hole is punctured in the boat and begins to sink…
A: Aluminum boat is floating on water , a hole is punched in it and it sinks . What would happen to the…
Q: Three children, each of weight 395 N, make a log raft by lashing together logs of diameter 0.42 m…
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Q: a cube of density .78g/cm^3 is 10 cm on each side. When placed in water, what height of the block…
A: Given Density of cube ρc = 0.78 g/cm3 Side of cube a = 10 cm Density of water ρw = 1.0 g/cm3
Q: Under what conditions would a metal sphere dropping through a viscous liquid be in equilibrium?
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Q: Porous wood floats awkwardly in a half filled container of water. Pressurized to above atmospheric…
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Q: An iron battleship is very heavy. How is it able to float?
A: An iron battleship is very heavy, but it will float in the sea, this concept is explained by the…
Q: A U-shaped tube is open to the atmosphere on both ends. Water is poured into the tube, followed by…
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Q: A block of wood weighing 3 N floats in fresh water. How much water does it displace?
A: weight of wooden block w = 3N density of water = 1000 kg/m3
Q: What fraction of cork is submerged when it floats in freshwater, given the density of water at 0°C…
A: The formula for the fraction submerged portion is:
Q: Figure 11.40 shows a glass of ice water filled to the brim. Will the water overflow when the ice…
A: ice floating in water
Q: Bill is going for a swim in the ocean. The density of the water (salt water) is 1.027 g/m3. Bill…
A: The density of the water (salt water), ρw = 1.027 g/m3 Density of Bill, ρb = 1.043 g/m3 Density of…
Q: Does a floating object sink more in a liquid with low density than in a liquid with high density?…
A: Density of the liquid determines whether the object will sink or float in another liquid. If an…
Q: A submerged can of Coke® will sink, but a can of Diet Coke® will float. (Try it!) Explain.
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Q: If your body has a density of 995 kg/m, what fraction of you will be submerged when floating gently…
A: density of object = 955 kg/m3
Q: The reading of a spring balance when a block is suspended from it in air is 60 N. This reading is…
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Q: A boy weighing 1000 N in the air can just float in seawater when almost entirely submerged. What is…
A: Given data The weight of the boy in the air is Wair = 1000 N
Q: Canoes have been created out of concrete, believe it or not (and they actually float). Despite the…
A: We know that the density of concrete is less than that of aluminium. ρC < ρAl But when we…
Q: If a glass of water is on a table with a piece of paper under it, it is relatively easy to pull the…
A: to explain : If a glass of water is on a table with a piece of paper under it, it is relatively easy…
Q: Why does a helium filled balloon float in air?
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Q: A wooden cube 12 cm in each direction is floating so that 56% of it is under fresh water water. What…
A: Given data- length of cube box L=12 cm it is under fresh water=56% density of fresh water=1000 kg/m3
Q: Comparing the Lead and Tin metals, when totally submerged in the water WHY is the buoyant force for…
A: According to Archemedes principle Buoyant force = weight of liquid displaced
Q: There is a rock with mass density 4,000 kg/m^3 with mass 220 kg. When the rock is submerged into…
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Q: When people get into a small boat it settles lower in the water and a the buoyant force…
A: d. All of the above
Q: A chunk of steel will sink in water. But a steel razor blade, carefully placed on the surface of…
A: Every object displace water equal to its volume. If the weight of the displaced water is greater…
Q: A merchant in Katmandu sells you a solid gold 1-kg statue for a very reasonable price. When you get…
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Q: A liquid flows through two similar pipes 1 and 2. If the ratio of their flow velocities v1 : v2 is…
A: By the conservation of energy, the heat loss in the two pipes = the kinetic energy gain by the…
Q: Will an ice cube float in a glass of alcohol? Why or why not?
A: Ice cube in alcohol
Q: If an object is less dense than the fluid in which it is submerged, it will float. (True or False)
A: This statement is true.
Q: A drop of liquid under no external force , is always spherical in shape . Why?
A: Chalk pieces contain large number of pores filled with air. When the chalk pieces are dipped in…
Q: A cube 10 cm on a side has an apparent mass of 5 kg when completely submerged in water. What is the…
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Q: A capillary tube is dipped in water in a state of weightlessness. Will water rise in tube?
A: When a capillary is dipped in water and the water rises, the rise is due to capillary action which…
Q: if a 33 g object has a volume of 47 cm3, would you expect it to sink or float in water ? Why?
A: Given:Mass of the object = 33 gVolume of the object = 47 cm3
Q: The density of ice is 920 kg/m3 and that of seawater is 1030 kg/m3. What percentage of the volume of…
A: Given data: Density of ice (ρice ) = 920 kg/m3 Density of seawater (ρw) = 1030 kg/m3 Required: The…
Q: A rock, which weighs 1400N in air, has a weight of 900N when submerged in fresh water. What is the…
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Q: If a 1500 kg African Teakwood tree fell into a lake, would it float or sink? Explain why.
A: Given: The mass of the African Teakwood tree is 1500 kg. Introduction: Archimedes principle states…
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