11.4 - Buoyancy
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Practice Questions
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What is buoyancy?
💡 Hint: Think about floating objects.
What did Archimedes discover?
💡 Hint: It involves what happens when objects are placed in water.
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What does Archimedes' principle state?
💡 Hint: Recall what happens to objects submerged in fluids.
True or False: The center of buoyancy can change when a submerged object is tilted.
💡 Hint: Think about how the shape of an object submerged in water can shift.
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A ship has a center of gravity located 3 meters above the waterline, and the metacenter is 5 meters above the waterline. Will the ship be stable or unstable?
💡 Hint: Evaluate the stability based on the vertical relationships.
A spherical object has a diameter of 0.5 m and is submerged in water (density = 1000 kg/m³). Calculate the buoyant force acting on the object.
💡 Hint: Use the formula for the volume of a sphere and apply the force of gravity on the displaced fluid.
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