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Things that float have a smaller density than water and things that sink have a larger density than water. Because a stone is heavy for its size it sinks but although a ship is heavier its mass is spread out over a larger area so its density is smaller and therefore it floats.
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Why don't shiops sink?
Ships don't sink because they are more boant then the water they float on. Ships don't sink because they are more boant then the water they float on.
Why do ships float in water?
Because they don't sink.
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.
Why Do Ships float and nails sink?
The general rule is that an object will sink if it has a greater density than the liquid in which it is placed.
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.
Does haevy object always sink?
No. Cruise ships and aircraft carriers float very nicely.
Do clothes float or sink?
it will float as long as it is not fully covered water.
Why don't the bodies of the people float after the ships sink in Bermuda triangle?
because there are electrical curronts and the curronts of the water.
Will arsenic float or sink in pure water?
does Arsenic float or sink
Will a marker float or sink in water?
I have a marker which float in water.
Does dolomite sink or float?
Float
How do you make a chocolate sink or float?
How can you make a chocolate float or sink
