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How is an iceberg floating in the ocean affected by water pressure and buoyant force?
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An iceberg floating in the ocean is affected by the water pressure and buoyant force on the basis of the Archimedes' principle. This dictates that a volume of a liquid must supported by the pressure of a surrounding liquid.Ê
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What is a large mass of ice floating in the sea called?
You are probably thinking of an Iceberg, which can be a very large piece of floating ice.
How do you spell iceberg?
That is the correct spelling of "iceberg" (floating ice mass, or type of lettuce).
What is a large floating chunk of ice floating in the ocean?
Icebergs change size and shape constantly. When a fissure or crack develops and a portion breaks off it is called a floe. Changes in icebergs are determined by climate, pressure, force and temperature.
What is a detached portion of a glacier floating in the sea?
Iceberg or an ice sheet
What is the meaning of iceberg?
A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
What is a large piece of floating ice calved from a glacier called?
An Iceberg.
A large floating mass of ice which detached from a glacier is an?
Iceberg or an ice sheet
What is a big cunk of ice broken or carved from a glacier and floating in the sea?
ICEBERG
What do scientists believe that what caused the titanic to sink?
What actually happened was the Titanic hit an iceberg which made it sink.
How do you get an iceberg?
pressure is put on a glacier and causes a chunk of ice to float of on its own. This is a iceberg.
What is a floating mass of ice?
A floe (ice floe) is the term we often apply to a mass or small field of floating ice.
What is a floating mass of fresh water in the sea?
An iceberg. A piece of ice that has broken away from an icepack.
