Floating & Sinking

Ships are designed to have ________, the ability to float.

If you ever picked up an object underwater, it seems much lighter in water than in air.

• True

• False

Water and other fluids exert an upward force called the _______ _____ that cts on a submerged object.

The buoyant force acts in the direction

• parallel

• opposite

• perpendicular

• the same

Describe the relationship between pressure and depth

The weight of a submerged object is an force

• downward

• equal

• upward

A submerged object _________, or takes the place of a volume of fluid equal to its own volume.

A submerged object whose weight is equal to the buoyant force also has not net force acting on it, so an object will not sink.

• False

• True

__________ _________ states that the buoyant force acting on a submerged object is equal to the weight of the fluid the object displaces.

A large object displaces more fluid than a smaller object.

• True

• False