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    experiment is all about buoyancy and density. Buoyancy describes whether objects float or sink. Usually describes how things float or sink in different gasses. Density deals with the amount of mass an object has. Adding salt to the water adjusted the water. Squeeze the bottle hard enough‚ putting pressure to the packet. This causes the bubbles to get smaller and the entire packet to become more dense. Objective: The objective of this experiment is to find the density and buoyancy which is an upward

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    needs to displace an amount of water that weighs more than itself. Body density‚ or its mass per unit volume‚ also impacts on the ability to float. Density is an expression of how tightly a body’s matter is enclosed within itself. Centre of buoyancy If our average total body density is higher than that of water‚ we sink but this does not happen uniformly. Every floating object has a centre of gravity and centre of buoyancy. We saw on page 223 that the centre of gravity is the point around which

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    added to the water for the egg to float. The reason why I think three teaspoons of salt will need to be added to water for the egg to float is because the egg a density that is lower than the density of the salt water. Background information Density and buoyancy are the main scientific reasons for the egg floating in the salt water. Density is the measure of how tightly packed matter is (Buller‚ 96). For this

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    based on measuring an individual’s body density. Archimedes’ principle explains that the upward buoyant force exerted on a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. Due to the fact that body fat is less dense than water‚ it increases one’s buoyancy‚ while the fat-free mass is denser than water‚ and which makes one sink. This allows percent fat to be calculated after correcting for residual volume‚ which increases buoyancy and decreases the underwater weight

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    Purpose : To demonstrate the principle of buoyancy of warm air. Additional information : The density variation between warm and cool air can be used to explain why warm air possesses higher buoyancy. As hot air contain atoms and molecules with higher kinetic energy than cold air‚ it has a lower density and rises up while the colder air goes downwards. In other words‚ cool air ‘sinks down’ displacing the warm air. Required

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    Part 1 – Buoyancy http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/buoyancy 1. Open the web browser and enter the link above into the address bar. 2. When the simulation page opens click “Run Now!” 3. Click the “Buoyancy Playground” tab at the top of the window. 4. Look in the yellow data box in the top left corner of the window. Record the mass (m)‚ volume (V)‚ and density (ρ) of the wood block. 5. In the middle of the screen there is a container of water. Record the volume of the water. 6. Drop

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    Balloons and Buoyancy Simulation Go to HYPERLINK "http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Balloons_and_Buoyancy" http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Balloons_and_Buoyancy and click on Run Now. Determine what factors make a hot air balloon or a helium balloon float Student Instructions: 1. Why does a hot air balloon float even though it is so heavy? Hot air balloons float because the buoyancy force of the hot air is more that the weight. Buoyancy occurs because

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    depicting plane of flotation. 4 Figure 4 Effects of free surface. 5 Figure 5 Ballasting of 20 compartments of barge with water (top view). 7 LIST OF SYMBOLS B Center of buoyancy B’ Displaced center of buoyancy d Transverse distance of displacement of added mass FB Buoyancy force or upthrust G Center of gravity of floating body G’ Displaced center of gravity of floating body G1 Displaced center of gravity of floating body with free surface GZ Moment arm

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    The Physics Of Scuba Diving: Swimming with the Fish Have you ever wondered what it would be like to swim with the fish and explore the underwater jungle that covers two-thirds of the earth ’s surface? I have always been interested in water activities; swimming‚ diving and skiing‚ and I felt that scuba was for me. My first dive took place while on a family vacation. I came across a dive shop offering introductory dives‚ which immediately caught my interest. After much convincing (my

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    Hadley Cell‚ Ferrell Cell and Polar Cell) to balance the Earth’s local heat budget. Loading... Oceanic circulations ●Buoyancy fluxes between air and water alter the density of the sea water - those are latent and sensible heat fluxes. ●Cooling of the ocean makes the water denser‚ that is removing buoyancy; evaporation makes the ocean saltier and hence denser‚ again removing buoyancy. Surface currents The horizontal circulation shapes the sea surface temperature pattern by moving heat from the

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