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Ships don't sink in the ocean because the air pressure pushes the ship upward and keeps it buoyant-------------------------------- Ships don't sink because the overall density of the ship is lower than the density of the salt water and it displaces its weight's equivalent of water using only a portion of the ship's volume.
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What is the deepest and densest layer of water in the ocean?
A basic answer is that the densest ocean water is the saltiest - a ship floats higher in salt water (sea) than in fresh water (lake). Also cold water tends to sink towards the ocean floor, or may form a layer mid way.
What has been called a carbon sink?
Trees absorb carbon dioxide (when talking about a "carbon sink", it means the carbon as any form).
Will california sink into the ocean?
California is not going to sink into the ocean. The faults in California are strike-slip faults where they move laterally.
What process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere acting as a carbon sink?
Other than photosynthesis, the formation of carbonates in the ocean traps carbon from the atmosphere.
How do ships pollute the ocean?
with oil, feaces, other nasty things... depends on the ship.
What can sink a ship in the ocean?
A missile from a F-16.
Where is titanic ship sink?
atlantic ocean by north america :)
Does a ship wrecked in mid-ocean sink to the bottom or does it remain suspended at some great depth?
A wrecked ship sinks to the bottom of the ocean.
When a ship wrecked in the mid ocean what would likely to happen?
it would sink
Where did the ship Titanic sink?
The Titanic sank in the Alantic Ocean by striking a ice berg in the Titanic's path.
What is the term that means to sink a ship?
To purposely sink a ship is to 'scuttle' the ship.
When did Captain Arthur Phillip's ship sink?
Captain Arthur Phillip's ship did not sink.
How do you say sink a ship in French?
to sink a ship is 'couler un bateau' in French.
As a ship travels from a river into the ocean it will be sink or float?
It will float - go a little higher, because of the higher density of salt water.
When was A Slip of the Lip - Can Sink a Ship - created?
A Slip of the Lip - Can Sink a Ship - was created in 1943.
Can ship sink or disappear?
Sure ships sink. Titanic for example and hundreds of less famous boats every year. They can also disappear....it is a big ocean out there. Not all ships that go missing are found.
What is the past present and future tense of Sink?
the future tense would still be sink: that ship will sink the present tense could be one of the two: sink: sink that ship! sinking: it is sinking and finally the past would be sank: i saw the ship, it sank not two days ago. hope it helps!!
