Floating and Sinking
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Difference between buoyant force and thrust .
- The substance will neither sink nor float.
- The substance will float.
- It can’t be determined.
- The substance will sink.
What are the advantages of pressure?
A ball of relative density fall into water from a height of m. The depth to which the ball will sink is
If the density of an object is greater than the density of the liquid, the object will _____.
Name the force exerted in the upward direction by a liquid when a body is immersed in it.
A glass filled with water up to its brim contains some amount of ice. When the ice melts, the water does not overflow. Explain.
A cylindrical vessel containing a liquid is rotated about its axis so that the liquid rises at its sides as shown in the figure. The radius of vessel is and the angular speed of rotation is . The difference in the height, (in ) of liquid at the center of the vessel and at the side will be:
The given figure shows ice cubes whose relative density is less than 1. What will happen if the ice cubes are dropped in water?
- They will sink inside water.
- They may either sink or float.
- They will float on water.
- Can’t say.
What happens when ship enters sea from river?
Floating and sinking of an object depends on:
density of object and fluid
mass of the fluid and the object
volume of the fluidand the object
density of fluid only
The volume of 100g of a substance is 20cm3. If the density of water is 1 gcm−3, the substance will sink in it.
- The substance will sink.
- The substance will float.
A body of density d floats half immersed in a liquid. Will a body of same dimension but density 2d float in it?
Is the buoyant force equal in all liquids? Why and how?
An ice cube holding an iron nail in it is floating on water when it melts the water level Rises.
- True
- False
Discuss the three possible cases for floating of objects in a liquid.
what is law of floatation how it is used in submarines
A body while floating sinks deeper in a liquid of low density than in a liquid of high density
Density of fluid A > Density of fluid B
Density of fluid A = Density of fluid B
A body has a weight 50 N in air. After immersing completely in liquid it's weight is 20 N. Then the buoyant force on the body will be
The upward force exerted by a liquid on an object immersed in it is called ________________
Which force makes a body to float in a liquid ?
Density
Pressure
Can’t be defined
Buoyancy
A piece of stone weighing 200 g when immersed in water taken in a Eureka can displaces 20 mL of water. Find the density of the stone in kg/cu m.
- 2000 kg/cu m
1000 kg/cu m
- 10000 kg/cu m
- 20000 kg/cu m
Please tell me what is buoyant force .
A body when immersed in kerosene it sinks. What relation could be established between the densities of body and kerosene?
Density of kerosene > Density of body
Density of kerosene < Density of body
None of these
Density of kerosene = Density of body
A solid will sink in a liquid if its density is ________ than the density of the liquid.