Chapter 13, Problem 10MCQ

A wooden cube is floating in a fish tank that is filled with water. Imagine that you take this setup to a space station on the Moon. Air pressure and temperature inside the station are similar to conditions on Earth. After bringing the setup from Earth to the space station, you will observe that (choose all correct statements)

a. the amount of water displaced by the cube increases. b the amount of water displaced by the cube decreases. c the amount of water displaced by the cube stays the same. d the buoyant force exerted on the cube increases.

e. the buoyant force exerted on the cube decreases.

f. the buoyant force exerted on the cube stays the same.

g. the pressure at the bottom of the fish tank is about 1/6 of the value on Earth. h the pressure at the bottom of the fish tank is significantly less than 1/6 of the value on Earth.

i. the pressure at the bottom of the fish tank is slightly less than the value on Earth.

j. the pressure at the bottom of the fish tank is the same as on Earth,