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What happens if the part of an iceberg that extends above the water was removed?
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You would never be able to remove all of the iceberg that is above the water. Taking off a piece will cause the iceberg to get lighter and more of it would be above water.
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Is the underwater portion of an iceberg bigger than the portion that is visible above water?
The underwater portion of an iceberg IS bigger than the portion that is visible above water.
The relative density of seawater is 1.03 and of ice is 0.92. What fraction of an iceberg is above the surface of the water?
79% of an iceberg is underwater, so 21% or about one fifth is above it. However given the shape and size of an iceberg, as little as 10% can be above water at times, so it can be between one tenth and one ninth above water.
Which object is denser the iceberg or the ship?
yes.if it isn't icebergs would sink.
What happens to temperature above 0 degrees?
Nothing particular happens.
Is there more of an iceberg under or over the water?
In water, most of any piece of floating ice is under the surface,and only a small amount of it is above the surface.
How is diversity like an iceberg?
The Cultural Iceberg (English) When we see an iceberg, the portion which is visible above water.
What percentage of an iceberg can be seen above water?
typically only one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg is above water.
The part of an iceberg which is below water is about seven times the size of the part above water What fraction of the iceberg is above water?
1/8 is.
Is one half of iceberg above water?
1/8 of the iceberg is at the surface while the rest remains. This is an average iceberg (based on titanic)
How deep was the iceberg the titanic crashed?
Remembering that only about a tenth of any iceberg is above the water, Titanic'sberg was about 96 feet above sea level.
Is the underwater portion of an iceberg bigger than the portion that is visible above water?
The underwater portion of an iceberg IS bigger than the portion that is visible above water.
The relative density of seawater is 1.03 and of ice is 0.92. What fraction of an iceberg is above the surface of the water?
79% of an iceberg is underwater, so 21% or about one fifth is above it. However given the shape and size of an iceberg, as little as 10% can be above water at times, so it can be between one tenth and one ninth above water.
What percentage of an iceberg's mass is above the waterline?
Between 10 to 20 percent of an iceberg mass is above water. An iceberg is a massive piece of floating ice. Usually, approximately 80 to 90 percent of an iceberg is below sea level. A very large iceberg can be over 230 feet in height and over 738 feet in width.
What are two layers are part of the last layer of the atmosphere?
Thermosphere - extends from 80 km above the Earth Mesosphere - extends from 50 - 80 km above the Earth Stratosphere - extends from 15 - 50 above the Earth Troposphere - closest to the Earth
How high above the water was the iceberg that hit the titanic?
n00b
The atmosphere extends from the earth's surface to?
It extends to 600-700 km above earth's surface
How much does a tip of iceberg show?
about 12.5 percent of an iceberg is above the water. That leaves the other 87.5 percent hidden from view.
