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An objects weight has nothing to do with sinking or floating (ships are very heavy).
If an object is less dense than the equivalent volume of water, it will float.
If an object is more dense than the equivalent volume of water, it will sink.
If an object is exactly as dense as the equivalent volume of water (at its displacement depth), it will exist in perfect equilibrium, neither sinking nor floating.
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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.
Will paper float and why?
no because the papper will absorb the water making it heavier and it will sink.
How is the buoyant force on a floating object related to weight of water it displaces?
if the water is heavier than the item inside it, then the water sinks to underneath the object. if the object is heavier then the object will sink under the water.
How can you make a bottle float then sink then float?
A bottle, though heavier than water, can be made to float by trapping air inside of it. This same bottle can be made to sink by filling it with water, or a substance heavier than water. It can again float by emptying it and trapping air in it.
Why does a nail sink?
Cause it is heavier than water. More dense, aka more mass per unit volume.
How do you make fruit sink in water?
Most fruit is heavier in water and will sink. Lighter fruits such as cherries and citrus slices will float. To make them sink, they could be frozen to make them heavier. They will eventually become waterlogged and sink.
Why do heavy objects sink in water?
Objects sink in water because they are denser than water, not necessarily because they are heavier.
Why would a penny sink in a river?
A penny would sink in a river because a penny is made mostly of zinc, which is heavier than water. Because the penny is heavier than water, it sinks.
Why bodies do not sink in the salty water?
The salt makes the water dense and the object must be heavier like metal or a ship to sink.
Does water sink to the bottom of a gasoline tank?
Yes, because water is heavier then gasoline
Why does sand sink to the bottom of water?
because the sand is thicker than the water and the sand absorbs the water makeing the sand heavier, allowing it to sink.
Why do paper clips sink?
Because they are heavier than water and have no air in them
What will happen to the soil when put in water?
Float heavier particles will sink
What the density of water is equal to 1.0 gcm3. A substance with density equal to 2.1 gcm3 would in water?
Being heavier (denser) than water, it would sink.Being heavier (denser) than water, it would sink.Being heavier (denser) than water, it would sink.Being heavier (denser) than water, it would sink.
Is water lighter than carbon disulphide?
no,it is heavier than water and so it'll sink
Will paper float and why?
no because the papper will absorb the water making it heavier and it will sink.
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.
