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Buoyant Force

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Displacement means

a)

to take place

b)

to replace

c)

to fill up space

d)

to move aside

2.

The relationship between area and pressure

a)

As area increases, the pressure increases

b)

As area increases, the pressure decreases.

c)

As area decreases, the pressure decreases

d)

They have no effect on each other

3.

If an object displaces less water than its weight, the object will

a)

float

b)

accelerate

c)

create friction

d)

sink

4.

If an object displaces more water than its weight, the object will

a)

float

b)

accelerate

c)

creat friction

d)

sink

5.

The weight of the water displaced equals the upward force of water on an objec

a)

pressure

b)

inertia

c)

Archimedes' Principle

d)

The law of water

6.

Pressure=

a)

force/volume

b)

volume/area

c)

mass/volume

d)

force/area

7.

Hydraulic systems rely on all of the following except

a)

the incompressibility of liquids

b)

equal force distribution through the liquid

c)

output force determined by piston area

d)

ability of liquid to change states

8.

fluids have the ability to

a)

conpresse

b)

freeze

c)

flow

d)

inhibit molecular motion

9.

An object weighs 500 N. It displaces 150 N of water. While in water, the object's weight is

a)

500N

b)

650N

c)

250N

d)

350N

10.

Why does a steel ship float, while a block of the same steel sinks?

a)

shape of object

b)

air is lighter than water

c)

the block's buoyancy is less than its weight

d)

all off the above