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How do you know if an object will float or sink in fresh water?

It depends on the density of the object. If an object is denser than fresh water, it will sink. If it is less dense than the fresh water, it will float.


What quantity of salt makes the object float?

it depends on what type of salt or what type of water like fluit water or fresh water


Would an object float better in salt water compared to fresh water?

Yes.


Why should an object sink in salty water and float in fresh water?

The only possible reason for that would be that after the object floated for a while,the salt ate a hole in it, the water poured into it, and it stopped floating.If the object doesn't corrode, dissolve, or get water-logged, then it might float insalty water and sink in fresh water, because salty water is always more densethan either fresh or distilled water.


Would the same object as above sink or float in a container of fresh water with a density of 1.0 gmL?

The object would float in fresh water since its density is lower than that of water (1.0 g/mL). The object displaces an amount of water equal to its weight, which is less than the weight of water it displaces, causing it to float.


Will ships float or sink in fresh water?

Ships will float in fresh water as long as their density is lower than that of the water they displace. This is due to Archimedes' principle, which states that the buoyant force acting on an object in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.


What is the answer to the question does an object float in saltwater freshwateror neither?

It's far from clear what the actual question is. Some objects float in both salt and fresh water, some objects float in neither, and some objects float in one but not the other. Any object that floats in fresh water will float in salt water, but the reverse is not true.


Do people float more easily in salt water or fresh water?

An object floats because the amount of water it displaces weighs more than the object floating. If the fluid in which something is floating weighs more than water the object will float higher. When salt disolves in water it makes the water heavier, causing the object to float higher. The floating object can be a boat, a piece of wood or a person, it doesn't really matter. The principles of physics are applied equally.


How can you tell if an object will sink or float before you throw it into a freshwater pond?

Calculate the object's density. If the density is less than that of fresh water it will float, if it is more it will sink in fresh water. Density is the mass of the object divided by its volume. The density of fresh water is 1000 kilograms per cubic meter, or 1 kg per litre.


Why it is easier for a swimmer to float in sea water than in fresh water?

The sea contains salt, which makes the water lots more dense. The water is then somehow easyer to float on. In the dead sea there is so much salt water, it is imposible to drown without forcefully holding your head under water


Why would an object float higher in salt water then fresh water?

In salt water the water is more dense but in regular water the water isn't as dense so it couldn't float an object higher than salt water.More specifically, an object that floats in a liquid exactly displaces an amount of liquid having the same mass as the object. This is called bouyancy. Since the density (mass per volume) of salt water is greater than that of fresh water, an object will displace less volume, i.e. float higher in the salt water, than it would in fresh water.


Does objects that float in water float in salt water?

Yes. Salt water has a slightly higher density then fresh water which means its a little easier for things to float in salt water. So if it floats in fresh water it will certainly float in salt water.