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The liquid is water, the rock here is pumice and the wood mentioned here is ironwood.
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Why does a pebble sink on water and a piece of wood doesn't?
The pebble is heavier than water so it sinks. The wood isn't heavier than water so it floats.
Why does a piece of stone sink in water but a ship with huge weight floats according to Archimedes principle?
because the stones mass is concentrated, whereas the ship's weight is spread over
Why wood floats in water?
Wood mostly floats in water because it has a lower density than water. it is NOT lighter than water, it is LESS DENSE. water has a density of 1.0 g/cm cubed. that means wood usually has a density of .99 or less. But, not all wood floats, keep that in mind
What sort of wood sinks in water?
Teak, ebony, mahogany.
Why does wood float and metal sink?
Because the wood's density (which is a measure of mass in a certain volume) is less than that of water, while iron's is higher. Hence why 1 cubic centimeter of wood weighs less than the same volume of water.
Why wood floats on water?
the density of water is higher than the density of wood... & so an iron piece sinks & a ton of wood floats...
What density table material floats on water but sinks on oil?
pine wood?
What would a compound sentence be using the word sink in?
Wood floats on water, but iron sinks into it.
Can you use the word out of wood in a sentence?
Would you chop this wood for me? is an example
Why does a pebble sink on water and a piece of wood doesn't?
The pebble is heavier than water so it sinks. The wood isn't heavier than water so it floats.
Why a large log of wood float on water but a steel needle sink?
The water extracted by the wood log while floating is of equal weight of the wood or more. For this reason, the log of wood floats while a steel needle sinks.
Why does a piece of stone sink in water but a ship with huge weight floats according to Archimedes principle?
because the stones mass is concentrated, whereas the ship's weight is spread over
Wood charcoal is heavier than water yet floats on water?
Because that piece of charcoal is lighter that the water, so it floats.
Why does a stone in water sinks and the wood floats into the water?
Something has neutral bouyancy if it stays in the water wherever you put it, only if it has the same density as the water - there is no cause for it to float or sink than the volume of water it has displaced. If its density is more, as for a stone, it must be heavier than that so it sinks. For wood, it is lighter so water from above drops down as the wood rises.
What happens to an object when it is placed in a less dense liquid or gas?
The density of the object goes through the less denser liquids until it gets to a liquid that is more dense than it. The first liquid that is denser than the object, the object will float on the liquid. My class did this in Science Class.
What subsance has a solid form that floats on its liquid form?
All pure substances do. Many substances with mixed compositions do also, although not all (for instance, you'll never see cotton as a liquid... or liquid wood...).
Why does wood float and paper clips don't?
Paper clips are made of metal usually steel which has a density of about 7,8 (7,8 times that of water. Wood is made up of cellulose with a density of about 1,2 but the wood structure of dry wood holds many gas (air) pockets and so the wood floats (there are some woods that sink such as greenheart, ebony, etc. but they are relatively rare. So the density of woods are generally less than 1 (less dense than water) Wood floats steel sinks.
