A tennis ball is partly submerged in the mud water in a pool. The upward force acted by the displaced mud water on the ball is called ___ .

Open in App

Solution

When an object is immersed in a fluid, it displaces some of the fluid.

The upward force which acts on the object is called Buoyancy or Upthrust. It is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Upward force acting on a body submerged in a liquid is called ___.

Q. The process by which mud settles down in a container having muddy water is called _________.

Q. Three identical vessels

A, B

and

C

contain same quantity of liquid. In each vessel balls of different densities but same masses are placed. In vessel

A

, the ball is partly submerged; in vessel

B

, the ball is completely submerged but floating and in vessel

C

, the ball has sunk to the base. If

F_{A}, F_{B}

and

F_{C}

are the total forces acting on the base of vessels

A, B

and

C

, respectively , then

A tennis ball and a cricket ball, both are stationary. To start motion in them
(a) a less force is required for the cricket ball than for the tennis ball
(b) a less force is required for the tennis ball than for the cricket ball
(c) Same force is required for both the ball
(d) nothing can be said.

Q. Why does buoyant force act upward on an object submerged in water?

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

A tennis ball is partly submerged in the mud water in a pool. The upward force acted by the displaced mud water on the ball is called ___ .

When an object is immersed in a fluid, it displaces some of the fluid. The upward force which acts on the object is called Buoyancy or Upthrust. It is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.

When an object is immersed in a fluid, it displaces some of the fluid.

The upward force which acts on the object is called Buoyancy or Upthrust. It is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.