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What makes stuff float?
Objects with tightly packed molecules are more dense than those where the molecules are spread out. Density plays a part in why some things float and some sink. Objects that are more dense than water sink and those less dense float. Hollow things often float too as air is less dense than water.
What are the two factors that allow things to float?
Whether an object sinks or float in a liquid depends mainly on two factors: density and buoyancy.
What are the characteristics of materials that float on water?
Some of the characteristic of the materials that float are:
- The density of the object plays an essential role in the sinking and floating of an object.
- Objects denser than water sink, and that less dense float.
- The shape of an object also plays a role in the floating or sinking of an object.
What are the materials that float and sink?
When the upward force acting on an object in liquid is greater than the downward force of gravity (or its weight), the object floats, and vice versa. Objects that are less dense than the liquid they are in will float. Objects that are more dense than the liquid they are in will sink.
What materials can float or sink?
Objects that are more dense than water sink. If an object is less dense than water, would you expect it to sink or float? Objects that are less dense than water float….
| Object | Density (g/cm3) | Sink or Float |
|---|---|---|
| Anchor | 7.8 | Sink |
| Spruce wood oar | 0.4 | Float |
| Apple | 0.9 | Float |
| Orange | 0.84 | Float |
What is the examples of floating and sinking objects?
If the buoyancy is bigger than the weight, the object will float. Some liquids, like oil, create less buoyancy than water, so objects that float in water will sink in oil. Other liquids, like syrup, create more buoyancy than water, so objects that sink in water will float in syrup.
What is the gas that makes things float?
Some things, like helium gas, have lower densities than air does. This means that they weigh less for how much space they take up. So if you have a balloon full of helium, it will float high up, because it has a lower density than air does.
What are somethings that float?
items that float Duplo/Lego stick or popsicle stick corks bathtub toys foam shapes crayon rubber ball
What is force that makes things float?
All liquids and gases in the presence of gravity exert an upward force—called buoyancy—on any object immersed in them. If the object is less dense than the liquid or gas, buoyancy will make it float.
What are those things that float in the water?
Animals, protists, plants, and bacteria that float or drift in ocean water are called plankton. They are moved around the open ocean by surface currents and wind. Phytoplankton are types of plankton that do photosynthesis like diatoms and other algae.