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Explanation as to why a golf ball sinks and a ping pong ball floats if they are relatively the same size?
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Why a ball of steel sinks but boat made of steel floats?
The steel boat has more bouyancy because it is mostley filled with air as with the steel ball it is dence and heavy so it sinks
Why does a steel ball sink in water but a toy ship made of steel floats?
Density of a steel ball is greater than the den. Of h2o - it sinks similarly den. Of a toy ship is less than the den. Of h2o - it floats
A solid rubber with a mass of 5.9 grams sinks A hollow rubber ball with a mass of 5.9 floats Why?
Because the hollow ball is larger than the solid one. It displaces enough of the fluid to equal its weight, so it floats.
Is a beach ball less dense than water?
I can't see the specific ball you're dealing with. If it sinks in water, then it's more dense than water. If it floats on water, then it's less dense than water.
How do you know an egg is a dud?
put it in a glass of water if it floats its a dud if it sinks it is a good egg
Why a ball made of steel sinks in water while a boat made of steel easily sails in water?
according to Archemidies principle ,"when a body is dipped in water its weight is reduced , this reduction in weight s eqivalent to the volume of water which replaced by the body." when a steel ball dropped in water the weight of replaced water by the ball is less than weight of the ball , so the ball sinks. But in the same condition the volume of water replaced by the boat is more wieghy in comparision to the weigh of boat , hence it floats. The term for this is Bouyance. It also explains why a Dirigible(Zeppelin) airship floats in the air. The Volume of Dirigible weighs less than the Air it displaces. Believe it or not, the same is true for Steel Ships. What I find hard to fathom is how a Ship full of heavy crude Oil floats?
Does a ball pen floats in space?
Everything, including ball point pens, floats in space because there is no gravity acting upon it.
What happens when a ball is immersed in water?
There are many types of balls, and they have different densities. A basketball floats, a billiard ball sinks. In any event, if a ball is in water, there is some displacement of the water (so if you are doing it in a small tank, you can observe that the water level will rise). The ball gets wet. Sometimes this could be a good idea, if the ball in question needed to be cleaned.
Why does a hot air balloon rise when the air is heated?
the heated air inside of the balloon has less density than the cold outside air so the hot air is more buoyant (e.g. the bowling ball sinks but the beach ball floats because the density of the beach ball is less than the water)
Does plastic ball float on oil?
This is a trick question. Gasoline actually dissolves plastics so the ball would neither sink nor float, it would become a part of the solution.
What happens to a ball when it is placed in a liquid that is denser than the ball?
It floats.
What is marimo weed?
Marimo weed is an algae that forms into a ball and floats in water. Th reason it floats is because the ball is filled with oxygen.
