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Ships can sink anywhere, not just in the Black Sea, for instance if the ship gets a hole that lets water in.
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Why do you sink in the water but ships do not?
Because normally when ships sail they start in a harbour near the sea. The sea is filled with salt witch allows it to float much easier when people swim the swim in a pool or river with no salt in it. I think.
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 can a ship not use the internal energy of sea water to operate the engine?
The heat engine can convert internal energy of sea water if there is a sink at temperature lower than temperature of sea water. Since there is no such sink and hence a ship can not use the internal energy of sea water to operate the engine.
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 a coin sink faster in pure water than it does in sea water?
Yes, a coin does sink slightly faster in pure water than it does in sea water. The dissolved salts in sea water make the water denser, and as a result, objects immersed in sea water will experience greater buoyancy than they do in fresh water.
Pros and cons of waves?
the sea is blue the sea is vair vair useful ships do not sink
Can you stand on the Black Sea?
You will sink to the bottom
How did the Minoans gain control of the Mediterranean sea?
They built faster ships with a large wooden beam in the prow to smash and sink enemy ships .
Why don't ships sink in the Bermuda Triangle?
Ships do sink....
How do ships sink?
Collision, grounding, fire, structural failure, poor cargo loading.Ships could sink by something that could make a hole in the hull which lets the water in and then it will sink to the bottom of the sea.
Did the Resistance sink the Danish Navy ships?
yes the resistance did sink their own ships
Why do you sink in the water but ships do not?
Because normally when ships sail they start in a harbour near the sea. The sea is filled with salt witch allows it to float much easier when people swim the swim in a pool or river with no salt in it. I think.
Ships that never sink are called?
Ships that never sink are just ships that were lucky, any ship can sink for any number of reasons there is no such thing and a truly unsinkable ship.
Did any of chrisopher colombuse's ships sink o his first voyage?
did any of Christopher Columbus's ships sink
What is the black country?
The Black Sea is not a country but it is a sea, that can only be entered by ocean going ships from the Mediterranean Sea through the Bosporus. The Black Sea is surrounded by the Coastlines of 6 nations. They are Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, the Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.
What causes a ships iron anchor to sink to the ocean?
Gravity causes the ships iron anchor to sink to the ocean.
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.
