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This is because they displace a volume of water which has a weight equal to their weights. The upward upthrust is equal to their weights (upthrust = weight of fluid displaced)
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Will ships float or sink in fresh water?
Ships float in fresh water too. Only a little deeper, since fresh water is less dense than salt water.
How can large ships that are made of materials more dense than water float on top of water?
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How much water is nedeed to float a ship?
ships float due to bouyant force how much water they dislace
Why do boats float and ships sink?
Provided the boats and the ships displace their weight in water without the water coming inboard, they will float and not sink. A boat made of wood is likely to float even when full of water because wood tends to float. It is all to do with displacement and freeboard.
How can large ships float in water?
The mass of water expelled by the ship is more than the mass of the ship. Hence the buoyant force is more than the weight of the ship and so ship floats.
How do they get large cruise ships into the water after building?
The ships are built in drydocks which can be flooded to float the ships out.
What are facts about ships?
Ships can be a large craft that carries a people and good over water. These forms of transportation are able to float on water.
Would a large metal ship float in the same volume of fresh water?
Metal ships are built to float.
What kind of water does a cruise ship have in its pool?
It depends. Some cruise ships, like Royal Caribbean, have regular pool chlorinated water. Other cruise ships, like Carnival Cruise Ships, have salt water for their pool.
Why do large cruise ships get sprayed by water cannons when arriving to port?
its only on a special occasion when for example the a new cruise is welcomed on the the harbour....its like giving salute by cannons.
How are ships and yacht's alike?
Ships and Yachts are alike because they are boats , or vessles ,that float on water . Ships and Yachts are concidered large boats , and a Yacht is just a different class of Ship , or vessle .
Do all Disney cruise ships have water slides?
Not exactly. They have different water amusements.
Will ships float or sink in fresh water?
Ships float in fresh water too. Only a little deeper, since fresh water is less dense than salt water.
Why do ships float higher on sea water than in fresh water?
Because the the sea water contains salt, which increases the density of the water. Therefore, the ships becomes even less dense than the water, making it float higher.
How can large ships that are made of materials more dense than water float on top of water?
Witchcraft ================ (Ain't that always the way with the scientifically ignorant illiterati !)
Why do ships float in water?
Because they don't sink.
Why do ships float on water?
to get places why elese would they
