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An object that has a "net density" greater than the liquid it is placed in will normally sink to the bottom of the container. In some cases, usually for small objects, the surface tensionof the liquid will keep it afloat, but that can change (e.g. adding soap to water reduces surface tension).
When sunken, the object is DISPLACING its net volume of liquid. When an object floats, it is only displacing its net weight of liquid.
For example, an open steel canoe floats on a lake because its interior contains air, making its net density lower than water. The canoe will sink down partly into the water, and displace a mass of water equal to the mass of the canoe and its occupants. If it is overloaded, and water enters the canoe, it will sink to the bottom of the lake, its net density now being greater than water. The occupants will swim away, and the canoe is now only displacing its net volume (i.e. of the sides and bottom of the boat, and any small closed spaces that water cannot enter).
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An object that sinks into a fluid is?
As an object sinks in a fluid the buoyant force on it would remain the same.
What happens if the buoyant force on an object is less than the weight of the object?
You go up. This is how a balloon works. As you go higher, the air gets thinner and the upthrust gets smaller. Eventually you don't go any higher.
Which property of an object will never affect whether the object sinks or floats?
Color
How much water is pushed aside when an object sinks?
it depends on the volume of the object
How does and object sink?
an object sinks when it weigh t cannot be moved by the waves of water
What happens when the weight of an object is greater than its buoyant force?
The object sinks.
What happens when the weight of an object is greater than the bouyant force?
It sinks
What happens if an object of higher density is placed in water?
Higher than what ?? If the object's density is higher than the density of water, then the object sinks in the water.
What happens when you drop anything in water?
When you drop most things in water the object sinks and the water rises.
What is the density of object compared to the density fluid when it sinks?
The density of an object that sinks is greater than the density of the liquid in which it sinks.
An object that sinks into a fluid is?
As an object sinks in a fluid the buoyant force on it would remain the same.
What happens if you place a 0.5 kg object in a 15 L tub of water and 300 ml is displaced?
It sinks. (the object weighs more than the water displaced.)
Which object weighs more a can that floats or a can that sinks?
It is impossible to tell; whether an object floats or sinks depends on its density, not on its weight.
What happens if the buoyant force on an object is less than the weight of the object?
You go up. This is how a balloon works. As you go higher, the air gets thinner and the upthrust gets smaller. Eventually you don't go any higher.
What determains if an object floats or sinks?
The Density.
How is the depth an object sinks in a liquid related to the ration of the density of solid to liquid?
An object sinks if it is more dense than the liquid it displaces. So the deeper it sinks, the more dense it is than the liquid it is submerged in.
Which property of an object will never affect whether the object sinks or floats?
Color
