WorksheetsBuoyancy
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Buoyancy is the tendency of an (a) to float.
Buoyancy is a (a) created by the water that is displaced by an object.
Buoyancy is named after the Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor (a) , who discovered it.
What Greek city did Archimedes come from?
Athens
Syracuse
Thebes
What was the name of the king of Syracuse?
Hieron
Dionysius
Achilles
What was the name of the ship designed by Archimedes?
Titanic
Syracusia
The Ark
To what Goddess was the the temple of on Archimedes's ship dedicated?
Aphrodite
Athena
Hera
The ship had all of the following features for passengers' enjoyment, except
heated swimming pools
bathhouses with heated water
a library filled with books and statues
a flower-lined promenade
Archimedes concluded that for the 2000 ton Syracusia to float with no problem it would need to displace about
1000 tons of water
2000 tons of water
4000 tons of water
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