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What is the force that keeps floating called?
The force that keeps objects floating is called buoyancy. It is the upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an immersed object.
What can be assumed about the buoyant force on an object floating in water?
The buoyant force on an object floating in water is equal to the weight of the water displaced by the object. This force acts in the upward direction, opposing the force of gravity acting downward on the object. If the object is floating, it means that the buoyant force is equal to the weight of the object, providing balance.
What forces are invovled in an object floating?
The gravitational force and the buoyant force.
What force is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by an object?
It sounds like you are looking for the term "buoyant force".
What is the force that keeps things floating?
buoyancy
A freely floating Astronaut pushes another freely floating astronaut in an artificial satellite What is the force applied by the 1st astronaut on the 2nd one?
The force applied would be zero as a freely floating astronaut feels weightlessness as the gravitational force acting on him is zero.
The force that keeps objects from floating into space is what?
Gravity.
What force keeps ice floating in water?
the density
The upward force on a boat floating on water is called?
It's called the buoyancy force.
Where did the term float a horses teeth come from?
Floating is the medical term used to describe the rasping or filing of a horses' teeth. The term originated from the masonry term which describes the leveling of a row of bricks (floating).
What is the force acting on a floating object?
The force acting on a floating object is the buoyant force, which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. This force pushes the object upward, counteracting the force of gravity pulling it downward. If the buoyant force is equal to or greater than the weight of the object, it will float.
When does the bouyant force equal the weight?
When it's floating perfectly still, neither sinking nor floating upwards.
