Archimedes' Principle
mass per unit volume
Density is equal to -
m / ( l x w)
Formula for boat depth
mass / volume
Formula for density
length x width x height
Formula for volume of a regular shaped object
mass of the boat divided by its base area
How can you calculate how deep a boat will sink in water?
as liquid density increases, the object floats higher in the liquid
How does increasing the density of a liquid change how far the object sinks into the liquid?
mass, length, width
What do the letters stand for in the depth formula?
the boat will sink
What happens to a boat when its weight is greater than the buoyant force?
The mass of the object equal to the mass of the displaced liquid.
What is the relationship between the mass of the object placed in the liquid and the mass of the displaced liquid?
Buoyant force
an upward force created by the fluid that is displaced by an object.
mass
the amount of matter in an object.
Volume
the amount of space an object occupies or takes up.
Weight
the downward force of gravity on an object.
Archimedes' principle
the physical law that states that an object is pushed upward by a force equal to the weight of fluid it displaces.
Displace
to push out of the way