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The force that makes a boat float?
The force that is at work is gravity. If you are thinking of bouyancy, it is not a force.
How does the buoyant force on a boat change if the boat is loaded?
The heavier the boat is loaded, the deeper in the water the boat will float.
How can you make a ball of clay float?
by making a boat and that way a boat can float anytime in water
What can you make a boat out of that will float?
anything you want that can float. You can be creative.
Does gravity allow a boat to float on water?
Without gravity, a boat wouldn't be able to float on water, so yes, gravity allows a boat to float (as well as sink into) water. A boat floats from buoyancy force. The buoyancy force is from the volume of water it displaces with it's shape below the water. The buoyancy force is equal to the volume of water it displaces multiplied by 62.4 lbs. per cubic foot (the density of water). So if the boat displaces 20 cubic feet of water with it's hull or shape it can hold 20 x 62.4 = 1248 lbs. of self weight plus cargo. Obviously there should be a factor of safety on that. In summary, a boat needs two things to float on water: Gravity and buoyancy force. Gravity keeps the boat on the water in the first place, but the buoyancy force is the actual thing that keeps the boat afloat. Technically, it is the buoyancy force that allows a boat to float, but if you want to get really technical, it is gravity in the first place that allows a boat to float on water.
Can you make a penny float?
Put it on a boat?
What is the key to making a boat float?
The key to make a boat float is that the boat should weigh less (or have less mass) than the water it displaces.
How do you make metal float but not on water?
I can make a iron nail float. Simply melt some lead and the iron will float on top of the lead. Your question seems to be with regard to how do Boats float and the answer is Bouyancy. The Boat displaces a volume of water and if the weight of the displaced water is less than the weight of the boat, the boat will float.
What is the best boat shape to make it float?
round
How do you make paper float?
fowlled it into a sail boat.
Five ways how to make a plasticine float?
make it into shape of a boat
How does the design of large boats allow them to float?
no design matters. it is the force of water resistance and upthrust that are level that allows any boat to float
