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A wooden boat floats in water due to its buoyancy and the displacement of water created by the boat's weight.

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What are the similarities between water and buoyancy?

buoyant means something floats on water.....


How do you test if something is buoyant?

You put it in water and see if it floats.


What is an experiment about buoyancy?

Put something in a glass of water, and see if it floats.


How do you get the volume of something that floats?

To find the volume of something that floats, you can measure the amount of water it displaces when submerged. The volume of water displaced is equal to the volume of the object. This can be calculated by measuring the change in water level before and after submerging the object.


How do you show buoyancy to a child?

Put something that floats, for example an apple into water.


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How can buoyancy be demonstrated?

buoyancy can be demonstrated if you float something because buoyancy is when something floats for example a boat floating in water


What is the name of something less dense than water?

anything that floats in it - even an ice cube!


What happens if something floats an salt is added?

If you add the salt to the water, the density of the water increases. so the what ever floats on the water will come up. That mean it will get immersed in the water to less extent. If the salt does not dissolve in the liquid, like rock oil, there will be no difference.


How does ice floats on water?

It is less dense than water, therefore it floats on water.


If something floats in water does the water have more or less density?

The general rule is that an object will float, if it has less density that the liquid (or gas) in which it is placed. If the density of a liquid is greater, a larger amount of objects will float. Also, the same object will float higher, if it is placed in a denser liquid.