Sharks store oil for buoyancy as it is less dense than water. However, sharks are still more dense than water and if they stop swimming they will sink. Bony fishes, on the other hand, control buoyancy through the use of air in their swim bladder. Sharks, like other vertebrates, transport fat from their intestine straight to their liver. Sharks' Liver Oil is a fatty yellow to brown oil used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A.

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What do sharks lack that makes them different from many other fish?

Sharks have no swim bladder for buoyancy. Instead, an oily liver aids in bouyancy.

Asked in Scuba

How does a scuba diver become less or more bouynt?

The primary buoyancy control is by the mass of the equipment and weight-belt versus the diver's natural buoyancy and that of the suit; but divers also use an adjustable buoyancy jacket for fine control.

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What are the purpose of ballast tanks?

to control the buoyancy of a submarine

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Why is liver the main organ for sharks buoyancy if it only gives off oil in not so large quantities while stomach can hold and compress air and use them like submarines?

Liver is much larger in sharks as compared to stomach.Liver not only helps in buoyancy but also keeps shark upright. there are other factors which are also involved in buoyancy.

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What does BCD in scuba diving stand for?

Buoyancy Control device

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In scuba diving what is a BCD?

Buoyancy Control device l

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What do sharks not have that other fish have?

Unlike bony fish, sharks (which are cartilagenous) lack a swim bladder. Instead, they have very large livers that aid in buoyancy (due to the oil), and most sharks swim continuously to avoid sinking. extra senses. extra gills

Asked in Earth Sciences

What is buoyancy control?

It is the ability for an object to float. Buoyancy determines if the object is able to float in the water or not. Buoyancy can not only happen in water, other fluids are not prohibited. Buoyancy can depend on the fluid's density. If something is not or barely able to float, it is less buoyant. If something can float with little or no effort, it is more buoyant.

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How does a shark regulate its buoyancy?

Sharks are slightly heavier than water, so they naturally tend to sink. Buoyancy or lift is provided in two ways. First, sharks store large quantities of oil in their liver. Because oil is less dense than water, storing this oil decreases the overall density of the shark, and increases its buoyancy. Second, as a shark swims, its pectoral fins provide lift, in much the same way the wings of an airplane does. If a shark stops swimming it will sink, but its stored oil and relatively light skeleton help it to float and decreases the amount of energy that must be expended on swimming. Read more: Sharks - Locomotion And Buoyancy - Water, Oil, Caudal, and Swimming - JRank Articles http://science.jrank.org/pages/6112/Sharks-Locomotion-buoyancy.html#ixzz2S6ZbwMcg

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How does a scuba diver go up and down?

Scuba diver descends or ascends using proper buoyancy control by inflating/deflating his/her scuba BCD (Buoyancy Compensator device)

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What does a bony fish have to control its buoyancy?

Bony fishes use the swim bladder to help control and maintain their buoyancy. These are internally gas-filled organs which helps contribute the ability to stay at current water depth without wasting energy in swimming.

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Why is bouyancy control important on the surface plus scuba diving?

Buoyancy control is one of the most important skills you will have to master as a scuba diver. On the surface while entering the water you do not want to be too heavy that you will sink while on completing your dive you have to maintain proper buoyancy control so as not to surface prematurely

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How is the swim bladder of a fish similar to submarine ballast?

The similarity lies in their use - the control of buoyancy.

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What do sharks lack that other fish have?

Sharks differ from other fish as they have no bones, only cartilage. They also do not have a swim bladder like bony fish, just an oily liver to aid in buoyancy. Sharks also lack the ability to swim backward like other fish and they have no gill cover.

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Why sharks are good for ecosystem?

Sharks are nothing good for the eviorment, they are dangerous to human. Don't get fool by the environmental control. They protecting sharks for money. do your own research.

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How can Buoyancy be changed?

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What helps a scuba diver sink and float?

Scuba buoyancy is the most fundamental diving skill. Mastering buoyancy control enables a diver to use less effort to maintain his position while diving.

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How do drivers control buoyancy?

I think you mean "divers." And it's done through a combination of weight, breath control, and the amount of air in the boyancy compensator vest.

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How is buoyancy used by scuba divers?

SCUBA divers control their buoyancy to keep off the sea floor or from floating up to the surface, to avoid obstacles both above and below them, and to have a more relaxing dive with minimal physical effort. As a diver changes depth, they need to either add or release air from their buoyancy compensator (BC or BCD) to maintain neutral buoyancy. A diver in control of their buoyancy can move through the water with minimal fin input and breath control making the dive a lot more enjoyable (not to mention longer due to not using a lot of air inefficiently to maintain buoyancy control). Buoyancy is not really used by scuba divers, but it does act against them. Since the human body and the gear during scuba diving is held up by the water, especially at farther down depths of the ocean, where the water is more dense because of the weight of the water and the air holding it down. Because of the buoyancy, the divers have to wear weights to offset this buoyancy. Since in scuba diving you use wetsuits, and since these suits have nitrogen bubbles to assist insulation, this makes you float even more. And since your cells contain lipids and other materiels that are lighter than the water, this makes you float even more. This means that scuba divers must use weights to offset the buoyancy.

Asked in Sharks, Great White Sharks

Can sharks float?

For flotation, sharks rely on their liver which is filled with oil and fats. Their liver has two parts which are filled with oil and fats, substances that are lighter than water helping in this way to float. Liver is as much as 25% of the shark weight and although it helps for buoyancy, sharks must swim continuously or otherwise they will sink.

Asked in Submarines

What kind of buoyancy do submarines have when they are resting on the surfce of the ocean?

Positive Buoyancy. When submarine submerges, it initially uses negative buoyancy to submerge, and then levels out to neutral buoyancy.

Asked in Physics

Does freshwater have buoyancy?

Yes, all fluids have buoyancy.